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CSONTVÁRY KOSZTKA Tivadar
(1853, Kisszeben - 1919, Budapest)
Villanyvilágított fák Jajcéban
1903
Olaj, vászon, 92 x 88 cm
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest
1902-1903-ra Csontváry túl volt a mûvészi felkészülés idõszakán és elkezdte festeni fõ mûveinek sorozatát. Tájképeiben és városképeiben a hajnali fények és színek problémái izgatták. A természetes és mesterséges fények ellentéte, a fény és árnyék a természetben démoni csataként jelenik meg mûveiben. Ez a kép is egy különleges keveréke az álomnak és a valóságnak. Az alakok, a házak, a fények és árnyékok nem a valósághoz tartoznak, hanem Csontváry személyes világának részét képezik.
Trees in Electric Light at Jajce
1903
Oil on canvas, 92 x 88 cm
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
By 1902 - 1903 the years of preparation were over and Csontváry started to paint his series of major works. In his landscapes and city-scapes he struggled with the representation of the complex problem of lighting and colours at dawn. The dramatic contrast between natural and artificial lights, between light and shade in Nature appeared in his compositions as a demonic battle. This painting is also a peculiar mixture of dream and reality. The figures, houses, lights and shades do not belong to the sphere of reality, they constitute a part of Csonváry's personal world.