Almost two month ago there was an interesting exhibition in one of the art galleries, that is quite rare. Husband and wife exhibiting together, or their art exhibited together as unfortunately none of them is with us today. István Incze (1905 - 1978), the husband was a painter and Ilona Incze-Sárkány (1918 - 2012), the wife was a master of ceramics designing.
As that both artists had created the majority, if not all the artwork in the 20th century, you'll recognize the artistic trend back then, just by looking at the paintings.
The beauty of the exhibition was that none of the artworks had a title or a date of creation, so "your guess is good as mine", as they say, which translated to plain language, you see what you want and understand what you see/want. The gentleman dressed respecting the 20th century fashion code could be the artist himself, but we can't be sure. It doesn't matter though as we can enjoy the portrait without knowing if it's a self portrait or not.
An interesting street view, one we've all seen at some point or another. It symbolizes poverty but set side the memories of poor neighborhood houses backyards, the artwork itself is really nice.
While looking at this landscape, trying to figure out what was the most important message the artist wanted to pass on to the viewers, noticed the somehow harsh, or strident colors. Or maybe harsh is not the best word, maybe what I'm seeing is the contrast between the landscape and the sky.
Old village house, like so many you see at the countryside.
Another old village painting, which reminds me of my grandparents' village. They had a different type of house, but back when I was a kid, you could still see these types of houses. Even though these houses may very well be imaginary, they still are testimony of the past as these houses are rare these days. The old ones got demolished a long time ago and replaced with modern ones up to today's standards. So no wonder looking at these paintings makes you feel nostalgic.
I didn't want to say anything till now as first I wanted to be convinced I'm right, but it seems to me that I see the same style I posted about not long ago. If you have a closer look, you can see each thing/border on the painting has a black outline. Landscapes are having these outlines too, just in a more subtle way. I love this snowy landscape, would be glad to own it.
Heading into the winter as we speak, makes you appreciate such a spring scene when trees are getting ready to blossom and spring breeze can fill the air with the scent of the flowers.
This is a particular one and I'll tell you why. At first glance, it reminds me of Vincent van Gogh, although the colors are not similar. van Gogh loved to use yellow-green-blue, here we see yellow and brown dominating. What makes me think of van Gogh is the brushstrokes. There's another thing to notice here and that's the orientation of the brushstrokes around the sun. They are circular. Maybe it's just me, I don't know.
Another lovely landscape and what makes it nice for me is the colors. Adding that light blueish green hill with a yellow outline was an excellent idea. I'd be happy to have it.
Usually I ask if any of the artworks are for sale and most of the time they are, but this time I didn't ask. When the artists are no longer with us, most of the works come from private collections and it's understandable that none is for sale. Not that I'd be able to buy any now, but it's always nice to see the market price.
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Walking through the exhibition was like a walk in the past and even though I was born after these artworks were born, seeing similar ones in different places made me fell like I knew them.
Now let's see which one is your favorite today. You know the drill, let me know in a comment.
