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Picnic in May
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Women of Eger
Paintedfrom
memoryin1873by
PálSzinyei-Merse,
Picnic in May (right)
evokestheFrench
Impressionists.The
igurelyingwithhis
backtowardsusis
theartisthimself.
Besideshisine
portraitwork,Bertalan
Székelypaintedanum-
berofhistoricalworks
featuringsimple,heroic
femaleiguresina
romanticstyle.
Women
of Eger
(1867),portrays
thewomenofthetown
defendingEgerCastle
againsttheTurks.
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Great Throne Room
AnentireroomoftheGalleryisdevoted
to15th-and16th-centuryGothicaltarpieces.
ThebestaretheonesofStAnneandStJohn
theBaptist(1520)fromachurchin
Kisszeben(Sabinov,inpresent-daySlovakia).
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Habsburg Crypt
ThisCrypt,withthe
exquisitesarcophagusof
PalatineArchdukeJoseph,
isaNeo-Classicalwarren
ofblackandwhitemarble
andgoldleaf.Itcanonly
beseenonaguidedtour.
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The Yawning
(
Birdsong
Apprentice
The Yawning Apprentice
(1867)wastheirst
renownedworkbyMihály
Munkácsy,Hungary'sin-
estRealist.Itismatchless
initsextraordinarydetail.
KárolyFerenczywas
oneofHungary'sinest
artistsofthelate19th-
early20thcenturies.The
soft
Birdsong (above)
,
paintedin1893whilehe
wasinMunich,isoneof
hisbest.Thelatterpartof
hislifewasspentdepict-
inghomo-eroticimages
ofyoungmenandboys.
Mihály
Munkácsy
RegardedasHungary's
inestartist,Mihály
Munkácsybeganhis
careermakinginished
woodwork.Aftercom-
pletinghisirstmajor
paintingin1867,when
hewasjust23,he
movedtoParis,where
hepaintedaseriesof
masterpiecesincluding
The Churning Woman
and
Woman Carrying
Brushwood
,bothnow
intheNationalGallery.
Hediedin1900atthe
ageof55inParis.
)
Woman
Bathing
Nudeswereaspeciality
ofKárolyLotz,who
paintedthisparticularly
sensuousigure
(right)
in
1901.Afineexampleof
Neo-Classicalpainting,it
evokesthestyleofthe
Frenchartist,Ingres.Lotz
isalsoknownforthe
muralsintheHungarian
Parliament
(see pp8-11)
.
Munkácsy also painted two monumental works -
The Conquest (see
p9)
and a fresco,
Apotheosis of Renaissance
, for a museum in Vienna.
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