Etchingfitness

For the ballads of Villon I-IX.,
1965 etching, aquatint, paper 265 x 295 mm picture
photo source: http://www.museumap.hu/record/-/record/display/manifestation/oai-aggregated-bib5865377/...

Dance of the "kisze" dolls
1978, etching, paper
294x397 mm

photo source: http://www.museumap.hu/record/-/record/display/manifestation/oai-aggregated-bib4401171/...

Pigeon and vulture
1963, etching, paper 274 x 385 mm picture

photo source: http://www.museumap.hu/record/-/record/display/manifestation/oai-aggregated-bib5864827/...

Women, 1978 etching, paper 296 × 294 mm picture
photo source: http://www.museumap.hu/record/-/record/display/manifestation/oai-aggregated-bib4401595/...

Circus scene, No. 1, 2012
lithography, paper
74 x 108 cm

Image source: http://www.wpunj.edu/ccart/visitingartists.html

Palace revolution, 1979
Zinc smelting, paper
305 x 453 mm

Un chicoleo (el requiebro a una moza), 1909
etching, aquatint, paper
140 × 217 mm

Interior de una posada
etching, aquatint, paper
140 × 215 mm

Rezo en la iglesia
etching, aquatint, paper
137 × 215 mm

Image source: http://www.alcalasubastas.es/es/subastas/7/22-contemporaneo

Self Portrait, 1987
Ink drawing, paper
430 x 300 mm

No title, 1967
etching, paper
300 × 390 mm

Image source: http://www.arte.hu/images/phocagallery/Gyurinak/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_078.JPG

Péter Meller (1923-2008) art historian is presented from an unknown side in the exhibition. Few people know that besides his research, Meller had a passione for drawing and produced prints with a technique invented by himself. The current exhibition presents his most beautiful graphics: from his legacies and private collections, about seventy works can be seen in the graphic exhibition in the hall of the Hungarian National Gallery.

Fuji is the most famous Japanese mountain, the symbol of Japanese beauty, the subject of admiration, it is nearly surrounded by religious devotion for its majestic figure. The mountain has stolen the hearts of many people even in ancient times. The series titled ”The thirty-six looks of Fuji” by Hokusai, the artist who created art in the first half of the 19th century, has become the work that modernized the ukiyo-e style landscape potrayal. Hokusai's work inspired the other great ukiyo artist, Hiroshige, to create his own series with the same title. The works of Hokusai and Hiroshige have become known not only by the elite of the time, but also to all social groups. It is well known that the bold composition and color scheme also influenced European painters, especially Monet, Van Gogh and 19th century Impressionists.

I hope that through the pictures of the two great masters of ukiyo-e, the pictures of the Fuji Hill and the ukiyo-e pictures will also appeal to the viewers by the pictures of the same great artist of the ukiyo, and also that the differences between the style and landscape representation will be revealed by comparing the works of the two artists.

Gábor Tokai:

Fujiyama

Publisher: Magyar Nemzeti Galéria

Year: 2005

Content: 92 pages

The whole book can be viewed on the link below: https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/ORSZ_NEMG_kv_26_Fuji/?pg=0&layout=s

The stateless chimney sweep

etching, paper

380 x 290 mm

Helius in the desert, early 17th century

etching, paper

290 × 250 mm

source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthonie_Waterloo_-_Elias_no_Deserto.jpg

The winner of this year's graphic triennial in Miskolc, by the Hungarian Graphic Arts Association.

How We Live, 2017

etching, aquatint, paper

What we live on, 2017

etching, aquatint, paper

Image and video source: https://www.behance.net/gallery/47434339/Lets-see-how-we-liveHogyan-luenk-Mibol-luenk

The collection of their printing machines is unique in the country, and it's rare in the world, as all the elements in the printing systems work and most of them can be tried. In particular, they were striving for this at the purchase of each machine as they wanted not only a static exhibition, but a creative workshop where all the printing works and structures are really workable and can be tested. Printers and procedures were maintained in systems other than the other printing collections.

Contacts:

Phone number: + 36-20 / 779-6443

E-mail: vandornyomda@gmail.hu

Opening hours: by appointment

The 3000-piece graphic collection of the Szombathely Gallery contains plenty of graphics that are rare due to the creator's personality, the theme of the work or the way of making it.

At the exhibition, there are about fifty artworks. Each image has a text commentary: an analysis or a story reveals why that particular work is classified as a special or rare work.

The selection includes the well known works of Aladár Almásy, Antal Diósy, István Fillenz, István Gellér, Giandante X, Ede Halbauer, Erich Hauser, Lipót Herman, Lajos Kassák, Leon Alex, Dora Maurer, Henry Moore, János Romvári, Péter Sarkadi, Pierre Székely , Péter Türk, Dezső Tandori, and Károly Vagyóczky among others.

Contact:

Szombathely Gallery

9700 Szombathely, Rákóczi Ferenc Street 12

www.keptar.szombathely.hu

The exhibition is open:

From May 11, 2017 until 25 June 2017.

(Opening hours: Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday-Saturday-Sunday 10 am-5 pm, Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm, Closed on Monday.)