Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gonda, Zsuzsa

Titel

Walter Crane's visit to Budapest in the context of museums' acquisitions

Ist Teil von

• Ars Decorativa, 2001-01, Vol.20, p.15-31

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

International Bibliography of Art (IBA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The first Budapest exhibition of Walter Crane, held in the Exhibition Hall (Mucsarnok) in 1895, is seen by today's historians of art as a sign of a change, promoted by the Fine Arts Association (Képzomuvészeti Társulat) in Hungary's conservative, academic values, as a welcoming gesture indicating a turn towards new tendencies. The exhibitions organized by the Association had featured works by the prominent representatives of Symbolism and Art Nouveau ever since the early 1890s. These included Arnold Böcklin, Franz von Stuck, Fernand Knopff, Giovanni Segantini and Alphonse Mucha. The official proceedings of the Association describe Walter Crane's exhibition as one that "was a remarkable moral success." No purchases, however, are known to have been made at the time, and the few reviews that appeared were made to appear rather insignificant in comparison with the critical reception accorded to Crane's 1900 exhibition. [Publication Abstract]