Heritage Of The 21st Century

This week, as I mentioned yesterday, I visited two exhibitions, two wonderful ones. Yesterday you had the pleasure (I hope) to get a snippet of one of the exhibitions, featuring some very unique art you may have never seen. If you missed it, you can still check out my post. Today I'd like to take you back to some more traditional art, coming from the previous century.

The artworks you are going to see are from a collection owned by the city and basically it is the patrimony of the people. As I understand, all the artworks were made by artists part of an art school or club (I'm not referring to regular school though), based in the Transylvania, founded at the end of the 19th century.

What so many don't realize is that art can be a real ambassador and can bring attention to any region both through the artist and their art. Any artist participating and/or winning any international competition is spreading the word about their home country. But enough of talk, let's see what I have to share with you today.

Sándor Ziffer - Autoportrait (1925) - oil on canvas

This was the first painting of the exhibition and the minute I laid eyes on it, knew I've seen it before and I knew exactly where and on which wall. This is an ability I have, but only happens with artworks that I like and worth remembering. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there are artworks that don't worth to be remembered, I'm saying there's no way to remember it all.

I remembered this one because it reminded me of Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary. Jonny Lee Miller has a photo in which he is posing in a similar way. Anyway, back to the painting, self portraits are always measured compared to the model, who's a known figure, but I don't like to do that, especially with painters who are no longer with us and lived a long time ago. I just value what I see and here I love the colors and the texture.

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, this gallery is different and I love it. Having grey walls makes the whole experience different in a good sense. I'm kind of tired of white walls honestly. Also, as you can see, the windows are covered with wall-like panels and this way the light is what the gallery provides. In other word, no unnecessary reflection and glare coming from the windows.

Béla Balla - Women On The Shore Of The Lake Bodu At Baia Mare (1949) - oil on canvas

A snippet of women's everyday life, especially the lower class, who had to do everything themselves. I love those soft lines and colors. I have the impression that back in those days I think most of the painters were trying to get a realistic painting, as close to reality as possible.

Csaba Vilmos Perlrott - Landscape From Baia Mare - oil on canvas

Most likely someone with art studies and knowledge about those times can contradict me on this, but slowly I have come to the conclusion that in 19th and 20th century, oil was the most used paint.

Antal Andor Fülöp - View From The German Bridge (1929) - oil on canvas

This was the painting I said I'd be happy to have. I'm not sure what exactly won me over about it, the soft lines, the colors or the cityscape, but I'd love to have it on my wall, but first I need to buy more walls. On a more serious note, no worries as none of these paintings were or are for sale and even if it were, you can't afford it. Some are 100 years old. Imagine the value. Anyway, I love this one.

Géza Kádár - Snow Melting - oil on canvas

A winter scene that makes me remember the winter school breaks we spent at my grandparents' house. Back then winter was like real winter and not like spring, we had snow, sometimes knee deep snow.

Antónia Csikos Krizsánné - Red Valley In Winter (1937) - oil on canvas

This was my favorite too. Looks like I miss real winters.

Samu Börtsök - Hamlet In Winter - oil on canvas

If I were to say one world about what you see on the photo, that would be "perfect" and let me explain. Look at the canvas, the texture, the colors, how that orange wall captures the eye and it is placed in the center. The light blue sky and the white snow looks like framing the building. The frame worth mentioning too. It brings the style of those times, for me it looks like gold and it's the perfect color for this painting, but the biggest win here is the grey wall. Now imagine this lovely painting on a white wall. It would ruin everything. It would attract the eye and change the light significantly.

For me, this exhibition was like a walk back in the past, although I was born way, way later.

I'm curious to see what you think as this is kind of a heavy topic, it's not the art of today or tomorrow. Let me know in a comment please.

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