Inspiration from the Hungarian National Gallery
I was lucky enough to take a trip to Budapest over Christmas, and couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit the Hungarian National Gallery on Boxing Day.
Whilst I enjoyed the classical paintings from the 17th - 19th century, I was particularly drawn to the modern art area on the third floor, offering a delightful selection of paintings from artists such as Monostori-Moller and Barcsay, to name a few.
Black-white-red by Barcsay
Barcsay’s body of work, appears to be incredibly varied in style and genre. Famous for the book on drawing anatomy, much of his work is also very geometric, with one of his work’s Black, White, Red, reminding me of work by Rothko.
I felt there was a common style among the paintings that had been curated in the gallery, and I think I was drawn to them due to their geometric style and depictions of a secular society.
I found much of this work incredibly useful for researching ways in which other artists had used geometry within their paintings. It left me wondering however, what their intentions were, if any.
