After the 11th graders exhibition, let's continue with some older paintings, made by Zoltán Nurisdány. I wrote about his exhibition at the end of June, this year. You can read the first part of my experience here.
Zoltán Nurisdány lived between 1925 and 1974 and his painting style takes you back to the 20th century, at least that's how I see it. Let's see if you feel the same.
View From The Fortress - 1960
If I were to choose one word to describe this style, I'd say rough as you see, the whole scene looks geometrical and the outlines are made more visible by black painting, but I like it. It's particular.
Visegrád Hills - 1968
What is interesting here is that the first thing you see or notice is the threes, yet the painter was focusing on the hills, or at least that's what the title suggests. I love the format of the canvas. It's wide and unusual, there are not many who prefer this format.
Visegrád's Red Wall Fence - 1961
Visegrád is a castle town in Pest County, Hungary. It is north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend.
Looks like the painter had a connection with Visegrád, most likely he lived there, or the town had an impact on him, as the town is featured in his paintings.
I can't decide if this painting is simple, or not. I think it is, but this doesn't make it less valuable. It's just a painting style I think. Maybe it has a name too, but as I know nothing about painting, I have no clue. I like it and it reminds me of those homes I visited in my childhood, where time has stopped decades ago.
View From The Studio - 1966
According to Wikipedia, he had a studio in the city center of Budapest, so this still life, with a view of the church on the right, must have been located there. It's not the usual still life you see, it's the same rough style with the black outline.
Melon Still Life - 1970
Seeing most of the paintings have this style, even this still life, I thought let's see if his portraits have a similar style, so I checked my previous post. I can't really decide on the matter. Some of the portraits are similar in style, I mean you see this black outline, just in a softer matter.
Still Life With A Flask - 1970
This is not only colorful, but also very geometrical. It's interesting, but not really my stile. If I have to pick one, I'd definitely go with architecture.
Still Life With A Gorka Vase - 1971
What is important to note in case of these still life paintings is the background. Usually still life setups have a simple background, to not take away the attention from what's on the table, but not here. If you scroll up, you can see the Melon Still Life and Still Life With A Flask is similar in this regard. Interesting choice. I'm not saying it's wrong (who am I to say that?), it's just unusual.
Sorry about the angle, but light and reflection was a huge problem and had no other choice. This is not new, I suppose you already know why I take photos from such angles 😬.
Still Life With A Red Flower - 1971
I'm sorry to say but this is quite a messy one, or it's not as organized as I'd like still life paintings to be. It's a bit confusing in my opinion.
He painted this one four years before his death. Unfortunately he died quite young, at the age of 49 and without any special recognition from the art world. So it's my honor to post his paintings on the blockchain and write about them, even though it feels like I don't fully understand what he meant.
Still Life With Plums And Melon - 1970
Still Life With Fish - 1974
Here you need to stop for a minute and have a good look at the canvas, to see the meaning. It's a bit confusing, but you can find the fish on the plate.
At this point I think it's safe to say the artist liked still life a lot and had his particular style in this category too. I'm not sure if the majority of his works were still life or a healthy balance between everything, but he had quite a lot of portraits and still life present at this exhibition.
Alfa-Omega - 1974
We're changing style here and I like what I see. It's mixed media, a collage with geometric shapes but overall, it's a nice one.
Alfa-Omega2 - 1974
This is where I got a bit confused. This painting looks similar to the previous one, but it's not a collage, it's a painting, so I had to go back to the previous one to see if that was indeed a collage, or I just let myself be fooled. But it was a collage.
I'm not sure why his talents wasn't recognized. I have a hunch that communism had to do a lot with it, but this is just a hunch. He was definitely talented, he had a very particular style that may have not been to the likes of many, but that doesn't mean he wasn't good at what he was doing.
I'm curious what you think about these paintings. Let's see if there's one person who likes them, or I'm the only one who has some favorites here.
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