{"id":1016714,"date":"2025-05-20T12:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femuz.hu\/?p=1016714"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T06:31:27","slug":"close-ups-2-jeno-barcsay-through-the-lens-of-portrait-photographers-in-the-1960s-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.femuz.hu\/en\/close-ups-2-jeno-barcsay-through-the-lens-of-portrait-photographers-in-the-1960s-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOSE-UPS 2 \u2013 Jen\u0151 Barcsay Through the Lens of Portrait Photographers in the 1960s\u20131980s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Ferenczy Museum<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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No\u00e9mi Szab\u00f3<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Presented apropos of the Barcsay 125 Memorial Year, Close-up 2 is a concise exhibition where Barcsay\u2019s distinctive, emblematic figure can be seen through the lens of some of the iconic portrait photographers of the 1960s to the 1980s. It was from the second half of the 1960s that more and more photo series were made of the artist, depicting him in one of the three main locations in his life: Szentendre (mostly in his studio in Zenta Street or while walking the streets); in his home at Kod\u00e1ly Circus; or in the anatomy classroom of the Academy of Fine Arts. The portraitists were some of the best-known photographers of the period: Istv\u00e1n T\u00f3th made sensitive likenesses, Tam\u00e1s F\u00e9ner created bold compositions, and Zsuzsa G. F\u00e1bri was given access to the master in his home. In the famous series Edit Moln\u00e1r made in 1974, Barcsay can be seen while teaching artistic anatomy, while \u00c9va Keleti photographed him in the second half of the 1950s. Others who took photos of him include Demeter Balla, K\u00e1roly Gink, S\u00e1ndor Boj\u00e1r, Istv\u00e1n Koll\u00e1r, an undeservedly forgotten photographer from Esztergom, G\u00e9za Szebell\u00e9dy, a photojournalist who was also deputy CEO of the Hungarian News Agency, and M\u00e1ria Szikl\u00e1s, whose series of Barcsay at work designing the mosaic for the National Theatre in 1965 is of great source value. While preparing for the exhibition, we found a photograph Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz took in 1934 at the National Salon in Budapest, where, among others, Barcsay can be recognized, and we discovered formerly unpublished colour photos in the estate of photographer Jol\u00e1n Gajz\u00e1g\u00f3, who documented work on the Szentendre mosaic.<\/p>\n

Although the photographs span several decades, their iconography is very similar: the bespectacled and bearded Jen\u0151 Barcsay, who looks spruce even in his work clothes, can be seen teaching or painting, in the company of his own works or in his most intimate surroundings. While these photos of the archetypal artist may reveal little of his psyche, every one of them is expressive of his elegance, his dedication, his standing in the community and the respect with which he is treated. The public image constructed by these photos was promoted in almost every organ of the contemporary press, from dailies through specialist journals to popular magazines. Jen\u0151 Barcsay was without a doubt one of the most well-known artists of his time, embodying the concept of the artist to wide swathes of the public. Jen\u0151 Barcsay\u2019s distinctive figure comes to life at this exhibition through the works of twenty-five photographers and four visual artists.<\/p>\n

EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
\n\u00c1CS Ir\u00e9n, BALLA Demeter, BENCSEKY M\u00e1ty\u00e1s, BOJ\u00c1R S\u00e1ndor, CZEIZING Lajos, CSIPES Antal, DEIM P\u00e9ter, ESCHER K\u00e1roly, FEJ\u00c9R Zolt\u00e1n Gy\u00f6rgy, F\u00c9NER Tam\u00e1s, G. F\u00c1BRI Zsuzsa, GAJZ\u00c1G\u00d3 Jol\u00e1n, G\u00c1TI Gy\u00f6rgy, GINK K\u00e1roly, HALM\u00c1GYI P\u00e9ter, HORV\u00c1TH P\u00e9ter, KELETI \u00c9va, Andr\u00e9 KERT\u00c9SZ, KOLL\u00c1R Istv\u00e1n, MOLN\u00c1R Edit, SZEBELL\u00c9DY G\u00e9za, SZIKL\u00c1S M\u00e1ria, SZLUKOV\u00c9NYI Tam\u00e1s, T\u00d3TH Istv\u00e1n, ZINNER Erzs\u00e9bet
\nB\u00c1NOVSZKY Mikl\u00f3s, BORSOS Mikl\u00f3s, JEGES Ern\u0151, KMETTY J\u00e1nos<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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