. International studio. artists, amongwhom Victor Olgyai, a pupil of Unger, took a prominent part,formed themselves into the Society ofHungarian Graphic Artists, and thesociety has quickly justified its President is Professor Lajos Raus-cher, who has devoted his whole careerto the furtherance of graphic art, withoutthought of gain, and Prof. Olgyai is act-ing as secretary of the society, the aim ofwhich is to awaken more general interest BY VICTOR OLCVAI iin graphic art, by meansof lectures and exhibitions,and also by selling proofsat a low price so as tobring them w
. International studio. artists, amongwhom Victor Olgyai, a pupil of Unger, took a prominent part,formed themselves into the Society ofHungarian Graphic Artists, and thesociety has quickly justified its President is Professor Lajos Raus-cher, who has devoted his whole careerto the furtherance of graphic art, withoutthought of gain, and Prof. Olgyai is act-ing as secretary of the society, the aim ofwhich is to awaken more general interest BY VICTOR OLCVAI iin graphic art, by meansof lectures and exhibitions,and also by selling proofsat a low price so as tobring them within thereach of art lovers whoseresources prohibit the pur-chase of expensive room devoted toworks by members of thesociety was one of themost interesting in thewhole exhibition. The two etchings byProf. Rauscher now repro-duced, not only serve toshow his methods andlargeness of vision, butprove that he possessesthe poetic instincts of thetrue artist. Pie has ex-perimented on some newmethods for aquatinting. LIiNOLEUM ENGRAVING BY ERDOSSY 73 studio-Talk which he hopes to make known to the worldpresently. Some very good work was shown byOskar Glatz and Istvan Zador, in both cases por-traits done in chalk and pencil. Gyula Rudnayswashes revealed fine feeling and a freedom ofexecution which added to the charm of his Conrads woodcuts have a peculiar beauty;he loves to linger in quiet places and is peculiarlyhappy in such scenes as Quiet Waler, now repro-duced. The woodcuts by Prof. Victor Olgyai areof another genre, strong in line, betraying no signof weakness, no exaggeration in expression, everytouch sure and firm. This artist conducts a schoolfor graphic art, and no one has done more toarouse an interest in the subject in Hungary thanhe. Sandor Nagy is a worthy exponent of etchingin pure Robert Levys plates show a sincere and sympathetic touch, free from hesitation ; heseeks his motifs in such old-world spots as Trebivje,Herzegovina, the subj
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