Németh János: Gyökerek. Gondolatok családról, mesterségről, művészetről (Zalaegerszeg, 2002)
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8. My grandfather's advertisement in the Hungarian weekly "Magyar Paizs" (Hungarian Shield) from 1901 9. Our courtyard with the clay-pits around 1910 10. Glazed tile with writing on it from a dilapidated house in Nagykapornak from 1898 11. My grandfather with his stove tables around 1910 12. Our company at Hill Becsali, the man with a hat on the left is my grandfather. I stand beside him property of Göcsej Museum 13. 'Uncle Lajos', coloured, covering glazed pottery, 52 cm 14. My grandfather Gábor Németh (1864-1942) and his grown-up children around 1930, standing (from the left): Gábor, József, Sándor, István and my father János (1898-1972) sitting: Erzsébet, my grandmother, my grandfather, Maria and Lajos 15. Bear-shaped tobacco holder around 1930 16. With my father at our vineyard around 1970 17. The upstairs big room of the family workshop. In the foreground, József Gombos cuts a piece of clay (in Hungarian "platt") out of a huge clay block. In the background, my grandfather in a hat, at the side my brother, Gábor, and the helpmates around 1930 18. Later on I shaped horses with pleasure, one of my horse figures from 1971, Komló, covering and clay-glazed pottery 100 cm 19. 'Wild-hog', 1998, clay-glazed chamot, 29x43 cm 20. 'Mr. Szűcs', the circus-man, around 1968, coloured, covering glazed pottery, 37 cm 21. The football team of our class in 1952 22. The plastic art studio of the college in 1954. Next to me is Ottó Kopcsányi gold and silversmith. 23. Clay frieze of Miklós Borsos, 1954 24. In the home of our teacher Mr. Gádor 25. My final work at college, 'János Háry', 1958, coloured, covering glazed pottery, 94 cm 26. Platter with bird and with horse around 1960, glazed pottery painted with engobe, 25; 24,5 cm 27. My studio while at college in Kinizsi Street in 1959, which I shared with one of my friends Árpád Csekovszky 28. 'Svejk' pitcher 1961, covering and clay-glazed pottery, 45 cm 29. My first studio in Zalaegerszeg around 1960 30. My first green-glazed tiles designed for the Tile Stove Manufacturing Company of Zalaegerszeg in 1963, property of Göcsej Museum 31. Philosophers, 1965, covering glazed pottery, property of Göcsej Museum 32. 'Don Quixote', 1965, covering glazed pottery, 33x22,5 cm, property of Göcsej Museum 33. Plan for the Harkány relief, 1969 34. In my studio: The Baranya folk-tale is in the making, 1970 35. With Gyula László in the TV Gallery, 1969 36. Atmosphere in the TV Gallery, with Károly Szerdahelyi next to me, 1969 37. Part of the frieze in the swimming pool, Zalaegerszeg, 1971 38. I have also formed the Pietà many times in my own way. Part of the Pietà monument of the Fallen in Zalaszentiván, 1991 39. My good friend Árpád Csekovszky and Imre Schrammel in the Derkovits Gallery, Budapest, 1969 155
