Studio: international art (55.1912)

The Royal Hungarian Art Society

“ BUFFALOES”

BY G:EZA VASTAGH

its colour-scheme, and the artist has caught the
true spirit of the scene he depicts. In all his
works, and especially his still-life pictures, the same
refinement of handling and sincerity of purpose
are observable. Oszkar Mendlik is another painter
whose talent was conspicuously demonstrated.
A notable work of his is the Flying Dutchman,
startling in its conception and impressive in the
feeling of awe conveyed by it. The movement of
the ship in full sail over the stormy waters is
depicted with real mastery.

Some characteristic work was shown by Professor
Robert Nadlerand Aladar Illes. Jozsef Rippl-Ronai
contributed a series of clever drawings in colour, full
of life and vigour and executed with a fine spirit,
though somewhat lacking in refinement. Miklos
Vadasz, on the other hand, showed us amusing
and interesting studies, pure in tone and handled
in a manner which made them very pleasing.
Ferenc Olgyay’s House with the Green Shutters,
with plane-trees in front of it, was at once refresh-
ing, sunny, and melodious. Interesting exhibits
were shown by Pal Javor, Erno Tibor, Arpad
Romek, Denes Czanki, K. E. Komaromi, Ede
Balld, Gyula Lechner, Sandor Nagy, and Joszef
Remenyi. Some pleasing landscapes sent by Lajos
Szlanyi, of which one is here reproduced, should

also be noted, as well as some studies of buffaloes
by Geza Vastagh, which showed him to be a keen
and sympathetic observer of these animals. In
Hungary the buffalo is a beast of burden, and is
yoked to the plough and the waggon in the same
way as oxen. He is a familiar friend to the
smaller animals, who hardly go through the
ceremony of getting out of his way when he comes
along. Geza Vastagh has given us a pleasing
representation of this in the picture here repro-
duced. The exhibition also contained several
other works by this able artist, who has a sure eye
for composition.

In the Jesova by Andor Dudits we have a
picture of another genre, decorative and imposing.
He has given a noble background to his figures
and invested it with a sombreness which throws the
group of figures in the foreground into strong relief.
Istvan Zador likewise must be numbered among
Hungary’s chief living artists. His paintings are
suggestive of nature and breathe the essence of
life. Gyula Kosztolanyi-Kann’s landscapes are
broad and fine in perspective and sunny in colour-
ing. This artist, who, as mentioned in a recent
notice of his work in this magazine, began as
an architect, has made remarkable progress as
a painter. Karoly Ferenczy, a versatile artist,

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