Zwickl András szerk.: Árkádia tájain, Szőnyi István és köre 1918–1928. (A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2001/3)

FÜGGELÉK - Kronológia / Chronology (Sz. Gy., Z. A., Zs. F.)

In the Summer eight of final-year students from Réti 's class work in Szentendre; they subsequently found the Szentendre Artists' Colony. Several painters (Ernő Bánk, Lajos Fonó, Emil Róbert Novotny, Imre Czumpf) work in Zugliget, in the home of the AbaNováks. István Szőnyi, Vilmos Aba-Novák, Károly Patkó and Ernő Jeges take part with their paintings in the St. Francis of Assisi competition; Aba-Novák's painting is bought by the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. István Szőnyi's son, Péter, is born. In June Gyula Derkovits and his wife move back to Budapest. Szőnyi participates at the third KUT exhibition at the Ernst Museum in March. In May-June Aba-Novák, Patkó, Jeges, Paizs Goebel, Barcsay, Nagy Imre, Lajos Fonó and Ernő Bánk exhibit at the Spring Show of the National Salon. In October, Szőnyi's At the Peak and Erzsébet Korb's Revelation are shown at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts new acquisition exhibition. In October the compositions submitted to the St. Francis of Assisi competition are shown in the National Salon under the title Religious Art. Szőnyi has one of his compositions shown at the Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute's exhibition. its editor-in-chief is László Dienes. Zoltán Kodály's musical comedy, János Háry, is opened in October. Ervin Ybl publishes his book entitled Az utolsó félszázad művészete [ The Art of the Post Half a Century). The short-lived magazine KUT \s launched; its editor-in-chief is Miklós Rózsa. The social sciences magazine Századunk [Our Century) is launched; its editor-in-chief is Rusztem Vámbéry. The Hungarian PEN Club is founded, its first president is Jenő Rákosi. The Nyugat serializes Dezső Kosztolányi's novel Edes Anna [Sweet Anna) and Lajos Kassák's autobiographical novel Egy ember élete [The life of a Man). Lőrinc Szabó publishes his volume of poetry entitled Fény, fény, fény (tight, tight, Light). 1927 Károly Patkó goes to Paris on a study trip. On the invitation of district physician Dr. Oszkár Baumgartner, Vilmos AbaNovák, Károly Patkó, Jenő Tarjáni Simkovics, Jenő Barcsay, Jenő Medveczky and others spend the Summer working in Igal, a village in Somogy County; then in the Autumn they accept an invitation by Dr. Andor Németh and move to the nearby Törökkoppány. Vilmos Aba-Novák wins the Szinyei Prize and becomes a member of KUT; together with Lajos Fonó, he starts manufacturing paint. Jenő Tarjáni Simkovics wins the Szinyei Society's Mihály Zichy Graphics Award. The Ernst Museum's The Hungarian Landscape and Genre Scene Exhibition held in January and February presents the works of Szőnyi, Aba-Novák, Jenő Paizs Goebel and Jenő Tarjáni Simkovics, among others. In February, Vilmos Aba-Novák and Károly Patkó show a larger collection of their works at a group exhibition of Ernst Museum. In May-June Aba-Novák, Patkó, Jeges, Paizs Goebel, Barcsay, Nagy Imre, Fonó Lajos, Bánk Ernő display their work at the Spring Show of the National Salon in May-June. In March the Ernst Museum organises an exhibition using material from Erzsébet Korb's artistic legacy. In May the Muzeum Wielkopolskie of Pozna/ organised a Hungarian art exhibition, featuring the paintings of Szőnyi Kunó Klebelsberg visits Mussolini on March 16. The Italian-Hungarian friendship pact is concluded on April 5. The Tihany Biological Institute is officially opened on September 5. The "cultural-ideological" magazine Magyar Szemle is launched in September; its editor-in-chief is Gyula Szekfű. The International Artistic Photo Exhibition is opened in October, participants include József Pécsi and Olga Máté. József Rippl-Rónai dies in November. The National Scholarship Council is set up and the Collegia Hungarica are established. Mihály Babits publishes his novel entitled Halálfiai [The Children of Death).