Studio: international art (47.1909)

Studio-Talk

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including the best exponents in the
various branches of graphic art now
living, there was a carefully selected and
interesting representation of work done
by the Hungarian artists of the past.
This part of the exhibition was system-
atically arranged, thanks to the exertions
of Dr. Gabor de Terey, the well-known
connoisseur and director of the Museum
of Fine Art. It is, indeed, owing to this
gentleman that graphic art in Hungary
has met with so much encouragement
on the part of the Government.

The modern movement in this direc-
tion began some five years ago when an
exhibition was held in Budapest. Then
last year a group of young artists, among
whom Victor Olgyai, a pupil of Prof.
William Unger, took a prominent part,
formed themselves into the Society of
Hungarian Graphic Artists, and the
society has quickly justified its existence.
The President is Professor Lajos Raus-
cher, who has devoted his whole career
to the furtherance of graphic art, without
thought of gain, and Prof. Olgyai is act-
ing as secretary of the society, the aim of
which is to awaken more general interest

in graphic art, by means
of lectures and exhibitions,
and also by selling proofs
at a low price so as to
bring them within the
reach of art lovers whose
resources prohibit the pur-
chase of expensive prints.
The room devoted to
works by members of the
society was one of the
most interesting in the
whole exhibition.

The two etchings by
Prof. Rauscher now repro-
duced, not only serve to
show his methods and
largeness of vision, but
prove that he possesses
the poetic instincts of the
true artist. Pie has ex-
perimented on some new
methods for aquatinting

BY BELA ERDOSSY

LINOLEUM ENGRAVING

BY VICTOR OLGYAI

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