Being Bold In Art
If you think of it, being bold in art is not new, we know quite a few artists from old times, who had the courage to go against social requirements and the opinion of society. The biggest problem, as always, is that society can't keep up with artists and it takes time to digest and understand new trends and styles. Many have paid a really high price for being bold and courageous and sticking to their belief and vision in art. Some had been penniless and starving in cold all their lives and only became famous post mortem.
So many times I'm asking myself, what would those, most famous artists, or inventors say if you could bring them back to life for a week or two and show them how much their art, music or invention is valued today, or how much their work had contributed to get where humanity is today.
Anyway, before I digress, let me show you something out of the box, that some may not even consider art.
There were three works on the wall, one beneath the other and they were quite high, so I could not take a better shot, but you can see them as it is I suppose.
The 1st from the top wown is Ernő Grünbaum - Modern Christ - linocut on paper, which is quite bald as religion was sacred (still should be but people are not so strict these days anymore), and I bet this work met some criticism back in its days.
The 2nd is Hans Mattis Teutsch - Composition Sketch - pencil on paper. You don't usually see sketches exhibited, unless some works of a very famous artist get discovered decades, centuries after their passing.
The 3rd is Hans Mattis Teutsch - Landscape - linocut on paper. I've seen quite a lot of linocuts, but never a landscape. To be honest, good thing there was a label with the details as I would have never guessed what it is and most likely I'm not the only one in this situation.
In my last art post I posted a self-portrait, that the author called pathetic. I said it takes courage to do such thing especially that the graphics was created 100 years ago, when the society was nowhere near to being open minded and ready to see something new, out of the box.
Hans Mattis Teutsch - Composition Sketch - pencil on paper
The 1st one (top) is Jenő Tarján Simkovics - Contemplating - etching on paper.
The 2nd one (bottom) is Lajos Varga Nándor - Adam and Eve - etching on paper.
Etching on paper is a printmaking technique where an image is incised onto a metal plate, usually copper or zinc, using acid. The plate is then inked and pressed onto paper to create a print. - Presearch AI
Etching on paper is not very rare, but it's not very common either. I've seen a few works, but it's not a genre the majority of artists choose to use. I don't have evidence to back up what I'm saying, but from previous experience, I think it's more rare than linocut.
These are the cropped images of the two artworks. None of them were big, so adding a white paper frame in these cases is a very smart solution as otherwise it would ruin the whole experience. I'd love to see this technique used and I'm going to search for a video tutorial to learn more about it, but looking at the artworks, it can't be easy, so i value them both a lot.
Henry Nouveau - Composition (1931) - tempera on paper
This was an interesting one, but no matter what spot I picked for myself, could not take a better shot.
Henry Nouveau - Abstract Figure - gouache and ink on paper
I guess this is going to be your riddle for today. It is indeed an abstract figure and I'd be curious to know what you see here.
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Wow... amazing Art work... ❤️
I'm glad you like them.
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This looks like a comic, but has a veeeery strong power, I mean imagine this even 50 years ago, you would have been called names for insulting religion like this
Lajos Varga Nándor - Adam and Eve, this is my favorite, it is highly detailed, very realistic, a very good piece
Hans Mattis Teutsch - Composition Sketch, I will not say what this looks like 😂😂
This one also has a good meaning, notice that person alone, he's dressed different than the others and ignored, alone, like it is in modern society?
Henry Nouveau - Abstract Figure, this could be a woman, grabbing with the green smoke a cigarette, that ones long used back in the '60
I think it is to some degree and that's why I said you had to have some courage back then because society was way more conservative and not at all open and forgiven.
I know what times you're referring to and what you mean, but honestly, I have no read on that, absolutely none.
You've picked some good ones.
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I was thinking... how many artists were ahead of their time and were not taken into account or were criticised? If they were to relive and see their successes, I hope they would have a big smile on their face.
My two favourites are these two, they are fantastic works, especially in the realisation of the human body and musculature.
I have no idea why but the first thing that came to my mind was a living sundial in the riddle play! It is very different and beautiful!
Most likely every single one of them, unless they were the sun of some high society members and were pushed forward artificially, even if they were not talented. But I doubt there were any. I don't even mention women as they had no place anywhere in those days. Even writers were adopting male writing alias, to be able to publish something.
Some even a heart attack 😃
You picked two really good ones, those are fantastic.
I think yes, I could give them a heart attack! But they were really good.
At that time women were not taken into account, and there were very good women writers.
Writers, painters, sculptures, but women didn't count back then. Imagine how hard it was even for men.
And when you think some countries and cultures are still at that level in 2025, even going backwards. Madness!
This is a complicated time, too much is happening, and too much is going backwards for the world in general.
Unfortunately, I agree :(
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Greetings friend, each of those works is a marvel and surely has a story behind it that will leave us speechless. Furthermore, the style they used is interesting, being very different from today's painting techniques, and that is admirable. I'm sure that if they were here, they would be speechless with respect and admiration for them.
Hello. You're right, I am seeing some very unique style at these exhibitions and some are very new to me.
And we agree on this as well. The sad thing is, they had to suffer in cold and deal with poverty most of their lives, while today they would be filthy rich, if they would sell their work today.
Artists who left behind a great legacy.