Király Erzsébet - Jávor Anna szerk.: A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria Évkönyve 1997-2001, Művészettörténeti tanulmányok Sinkó Katalin köszöntésére (MNG Budapest, 2002)

Accession of the Collections (Gyűjteménygyarapodás) (BÉKEFI Eszter, SZŰCS György)

ACCESSION OF THE COLLECTIONS 1997 Comparée tó earlier years, the rate of collection growth somewhat decreased. The Old Hungárián Collection managed tó purchase the full-length portrait of Mrs Pál Esterházy born Éva Thököly paintcd in the 17th Century, which had been a salient pièce of the permanent exhibition on loan earlier (inv.no.: 97.2 M). A similarly valuable acquisition of the Department of Painting was Bertalan Székcly's Japanese woman (1871, inv.no.: 97.12 T) immediately put on permanent display. Several paintings and drawings came into the National Gallery as the gift of Ödön Márffy's widow. The stock of the Department of Sculpture was enriched with the posthumous works of an important portraitist of the 20th Century, Sándor Ambrózy. A rarity is Nándor Gallasz' bronze nude of 1934 (inv.no.: 97.1-N). The Contemporary Collection purchased Erzsébet Schaár's Portrait of Mrs Artúr Rüsz born Anna Schaar (1947, inv.no.: MM 97.54) and Sándor Móritz's "socialist reálist" painting Brigade meeting (1955, inv.no.: MM 97.10). Works by Krisztián Frey, Gábor Karácsony, and Gyula Botz, László Haris, Gyula Gulyás, Péter Donath represent the art of the '60s and '70s, respectively. The purchased works of Zoltán Bohus, Tamás Gaál and Péter Orosz were originally presented in the XVth National Small Sculpture Biennial in Pécs. 1998 Outstanding among the baroque acquisitions of the Old Hungárián Collection are István Schaller's Magdalene (inv.no.: 98.4 M), Viennese Vinzenz Fischer's mythological painting (inv.no.: 98.7 M) and Still-life with a peach by an unknown Central European painter (Ist part of 18th Century, inv.no.: 98.8 M). The important acquisitions of the Department of Painting - works by János Jakab Stunder and József Czauczig - dérive from the early 19th Century collection of an Upper Hungárián family. The Department of Prints and Drawings acquired a few stop-gap works via exchange (Farkas Molnár, János Mattis Teutsch). Outstanding among the prints are works of Ida Kohner, Farkas Molnár, Vilmos Perlrott Csaba and János Vaszary. The poster collection was enlarged with the matériái of the Radnóti Théâtre, Hungexpo and Trafó. With support from the Pulszky Foundation, the Department of Sculpture acquired two new casts of full-length figures: Ernő Jálics' Female nude (inv.no.: 98.1-N) and Little bashful (1908, inv.no.: 98.2-N) by Kornél Sámuel who died in World War I. Purchases include the bronze statue of Pál Pátzay, Boy with a fruit basket (c. 1915-17, inv.no.: 98.3-N), while the Medál Department got a 9-piece collection by Enikő Szöllösy. In the Contemporary Collection Erzsébet Galamb's Blacksmiths of 1952 is tied tó the '50s but not tó "socialist realism" (inv.no.: MM 98.7). A new hue is added tó the Contemporary Collection by Sándor Csutoros' Couple, a paintcd wooden sculpture (1968, inv.no.: MM 99.49). Tibor Csiky's photographie work Structures of objective reality I (1971, inv.no.: MM 99.49), and Péter Türk's conceptual work Conversion into line, steel wire, twig and then into the point on the tip of a knife (1976, inv.no.: MM 98.52) are from the '70s. Outstanding works of the '80s is András Baranyay's Self-portrait with Jane Morris (1982, inv.no.: MM 98.40). The art of the '90s is represented by János Megyik's sculptural composition Kötcse (1997, inv.no.: MM 98.53). 1999 The Old Hungárián Collection managed tó purchase the St Catherine statue of Barka (inv.no.: 99.10 M), one of the finest pièces in the permanent exhibition now. Exquisite new acquisitions of the Department of Painting are Bálint Kiss' early history painting, the Battle of Kenyérmező (1858, inv.no.: 99.10 T) and one of the most often reproduced oils by Jenő Paizs Goebel, Still-life with a crab (1931, inv.no.: 99.6 T). Among the 15 new drawings of salient importance in the the Department of Prints and Drawings are the purchased works by women artists active in the interwar years (Piroska Futásfalvi Márton, Lili Sztéhlo, Margit Kampis) bought for money won on a ministerial compétition. Two drawings by Marcell Vértes were given tó the muséum as a gift by the artist's relatives in Paris. As for prints, the most important new works are Barabás-Charpentier: The arrivai of the daughter-in-law (1856) and Anna Bartoniek's 15 woodcut illustrations tó Madách's play The Tragedy of Man. The most important addition tó the poster collection is a group of poster designs bought or received from György Konecsni's estate. A gift tó the Department of Sculpture was a chef d'oeuvre of 1926 by Tibor Vilt: Self-portrait (inv.no.: 99.22-N). Via bronze casting after the plaster model, László Mészáros' Primavera Italiana also enriches the collection (inv.no.: 99.2-N). The Contemporary Collection acquired Tibor Vilt's universally valid élaboration of the war, Centaur (1945-47, inv.no.: MM 99.26). Further additions tó the art of the '60s is the oil cycle Pictures of Rákosliget I-III (1965-67, inv.no.: MM 99.44-46) by Krisztián Frey. A better insight into the '70s is facilitated by some conceptual works of the Pécs Workshop, first of all Kálmán Szíjártó's Fire I-II (1972-75, inv.no.: MM 99.50-51) and Károly Kismányoki's Falling glass (1973, inv.no.: MM 99.52). Several works of the '90s came into HNG possession, including a most interesting pièce, Attila Szücs' Red blindspot (1999, MM 99.18) which earned success among the viewers as the last work in the HNG exhibition "Hundred years - hundred pictures". 2000 The Old Hungárián Collection purchased the Coronation of the Virgin with four saints, a 17th Century picture (inv.no.: 2000.1 M)