Studio: international art (38.1906)

scapists there are who
chant the hymn of the
mountains, the valleys and
the meadows of the home-
land. As it were a mol
cPordre passed round these
minds, and influenced them
in their vision of beauty.
Thus the brush which
seeks to discover the sweet
harmonies of the Hunga-
rian Fatherland differs in
no way from the brush
which adorns an interior,
from the needle of the
embroiderer or from the
chisel which carves a box
or a chest.

These characteristics,
which reveal a revival of
independence, are marked
by something more than
technical merit and ma-
terial expressiveness. There
is genuine soul in these
efforts in the direction of
reality. In this way we
discover in modern Hun-
garian art rather a psycho-
logical than a physical
form, something intimate
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Hungarian Art at the Milan Exhibition

and profound which pene-
trates deep into the mind.

The “something” evi-
dently is the sentiment of
modern art which prevails
everywhere while mere
“academism ” is impotent.
In other words, heart reigns
supreme. Therefore, we
thorough-paced modernists,
in presence of the complex
problem of Hungarian art,
would do well not to trouble
ourselves over the sugges-
tions of the past which
might seem to diminish the
importance of the modern-
ist movement in Hungary.
I allude to those forms
and styles which seem
almost like imitations, and

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