A Trip Back In Time

Yesterday was digital cleaning day for me, if there's such thing at all, or such expression to be precise, but there must be as digital litter or hoarding is a serious thing. I do this a few times a year and while I'm reviewing my folders, always come across a lot of photos that have not been posted, which is my today I'm going to take you to an exhibition I visited last year in December.

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The exhibition was a temporary one, brought from a subregion of Transylvania, exhibiting works of artist residing and working there. These exhibitions are always special as you get to see so many talented artists' works and occasionally see the beauty of their cities as many are painting landscapes and cityscapes.

Gitta Gyenes - Light In The Park

The gallery hosting the exhibition is very different from the ones I usually visit. It is in a medieval fortress, therefore the original structure has some wooden support posts and the walls are darker grey, which is a huge relief to the eye. It's unbelievable how much your experience changes when the (not so spotless) white walls are not changing the view.

Back to the artworks, here's the first painting and my memory did not deceive me. I remembered vaguely that the artwork exhibited belong to artists that are not with us anymore and was right, Gitta Gyenes lived between 1888 and 1960. This painting is the property of the Ernst Gallery of Budapest, as so many others and the style alone should indicate that we're talking about an artist representing the previous century. It's a nice work, but the colors are not exactly what I'd look for, however, the frame is really nice.

Imre Szobotka (1888 - 1961) - Street Of Baia Mare (around 1929)

This painting is almost 100 years old and I'd love to have it on my wall. It's a simple street view (seems watercolor) from those times when shepherds were herding the flock on the streets of the city. Those were different times, cars were just a few, which is why such activity could take place in the city as well.

Csaba Vilmos Perlrott (1880-1953) - Street Of Baia Mare (1909)

A 117 year old watercolor (I think), presenting a different street view, a colorful one.

Rezső Bálint (1885-1945) - Sunlit Street Of Baia Mare (1908)

At this point it looks like all the artists got the same topic to paint, but this is just a coincidence, or the order on the wall was selected this way to showcase the streets of Baia Mare. Either way, it's nice to see different styles.

Béla Iványi-Grünwald (1867-1940) - Landscape Of Baia Mare (1908 - 1909)

Looking back at those times and the strict social requirements for painters and artists in general in those times, this painting looks a bit bold as far as the colors are concerned. Not by today's standards though.

Csaba Vilmos Perlrott (1880-1953) - Red Valley (1999)

What I imagine most of the times looking at such paintings is how calm life must have been back then. But was it though? They didn't have the stress of today, but life was way more difficult and they had different problems.

It wouldn't be fair of me if I wouldn't mention the frames. Back in those times, the frame was as important as the painting and the more fancy it was, the better. I'd say there's a limit to everyone and sometimes too fancy becomes the ruin of the experience. So far the last one is the one I'd not want, but the rest looks really great.

This was a bit of a shock regarding the style, compared to the other paintings and don't even know who made it as I forgot to take a photo of the label from close. I'm sure the believers can tell you a lot about what they think they see, so I'll let this one for them and I'll move on.

Ferenczy Károly (1862-1917) - Horses In The Water (1898)

I'm sure someone from the readers will love this one. It is a very good work, so lifelike.

Let's see who likes old paintings of old times. Let me know in a comment, even if you don't like them.

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