Gulácsy's Dreamlike Visions

10/27/2020

Lajos Gulácsy (1882-1932) is regarded as a great painter here in Hungary and his works are included in the Hungarian National Gallery. I personally don't see any 'greatness' in Gulácsy's oeuvre, but I do have a soft spot for the dreamlike quality of his work, as exemplified in the two paintings below.

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bruce charlton

10/28/2020 09:25:43

My impression (and from looking at Google images) is that he had interesting ideas for paintings, but lacked talent at painting.

Francis Berger

10/28/2020 12:18:24

@ Bruce - I agree with that assessment. My exploration of Hungarian painting has demonstrated that quite a few revered Magyar painters fall into that category.

bruce charlton

10/28/2020 21:05:27

I've come across an example of the opposite - a (modern) Russian painter called Vladimir Volegov who is technically brilliant, but paints conventional (commerical) subjects.

Someone who is both technically brilliant and original in conception is John Singer Sargent (or, not quite so great, Lawrence Alma-Tadema or James Tissot).

Francis Berger

10/29/2020 07:17:23

@ Bruce - I like John Singer Sargent's work a great deal, but I am not familiar with the others you mention. Nevertheless, after Google imaging their paintings, I see what you mean.

A contemporary Hungarian painter who was technically superb and somewhat original is István Sándorfi. Interesting character as well.

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