The retrospective exhibition of Lajos Gulácsy, one of the most unique figures of twentieth-century Hungarian art, opened in the National Gallery on 6 April 2023. The large-scale show of some two hundred works, including eighty-four paintings, reveals the diversity of Gulácsy’s profound art by highlighting new contexts. Besides the many well-known masterpieces, visitors can view several recently identified works. His paintings, drawings, and illustrations are complemented by Gulácsy’s manuscripts, photographs taken of him and characteristic works by his contemporaries.

Gulácsy was a child of his age not only through his dreams and historical nostalgia but also through his artistic erudition. His style bears the influence of the sensitivity of the Secession and the Pre-Raphaelites, the mystery of symbolism, and, at times, even the effortlessness of impressionism.

Curators of the exhibition: Edit Plesznivy, Gábor Bellák
Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest, building C: 7 April – 27 August 2023.

Read more: https://en.mng.hu/exhibitions/gulacsy-the-prince-of-naconxypan-the-art-of-lajos-gulacsy-1882-1932/

Running simultaneously with the exhibition of Lajos Gulácsy’s oeuvre, the chamber exhibition “In Search of Lost Times. Lajos Gulácsy, Dezső Fáy and Arthúr Keleti under the Spell of Italy” (Graphic cabinet – 7 April – 27 August 2023) presents the art of Gulácsy together with that of his student, Dezső Fáy, and their writer friend, Arthúr Keleti. Visitors can view 120 or so works: 25 paintings and watercolours, some 60 graphic sheets as well as 30 lithographs and woodcuts. In addition to these pieces, the subject is illustrated with diverse documentary material, manuscripts, photographs, forms, books, and personal memorabilia.

Read more: https://en.mng.hu/exhibitions/in-search-of-lost-times/