Lajos Gulácsy Life-Work Exhibition in Budapest

The retrospective exhibition of Lajos Gulácsy, one of the most unique figures of twentieth-century Hungarian art, opened in the National Gallery this Thursday, April 6.

Entitled 'The Prince of Na’Conxypan. The Art of Lajos Gulácsy (1882–1932)', the large-scale show of some two hundred works, including eighty-four paintings, reveals the diversity of Gulácsy’s profound art by highlighting new contexts.

The exhibition of the oeuvre of Lajos Gulácsy, organized for the first time, presents several of the master's more recently identified works, keeping in perpetual motion the already known elements of his oeuvre. The tension of opposing emotions and feelings, thoughts and actions, characterises the times of a hundred years ago and our own times, the organizers say.

Besides the many well-known masterpieces, visitors can view several recently identified works. His paintings, drawings, and illustrations are complemented by Gulácsy’s manuscripts, photographs taken of him and characteristic works by his contemporaries.