Description:
Margit Anna exhibition at the Ernst Museum is a 1968 vintage Hungarian art exhibition poster by Margit Anna. Margit Anna was a twentieth century Hungarian painter. Her artwork was considered a form of surrealism. Her largest influences for her work were her own feamle and Jewish identity, particularly after her husband death during World War II, leaving her widowed; as well as humankind's exposure to tragedy throughout history. She created a series of paintings of great importance which are expressive and simplified depictions of dolls and doll faces.
She was an important member of the European School. The group of artists which was active between 1945 and 1948 not only played a significant role in twentieth-century Hungarian art history but also influenced later generations. During the years of Hungary’s short-lived democracy, the European School sought to represent progressive Hungarian art while also promoting new tendencies in European art. The three years of the group’s operation were marked by numerous exhibitions, as well as intensive engagement in educational activities and the dissemination of information. The group also issued numerous publications and maintained international contacts. In addition to the artists, the group also included theoreticians, writers, poets, doctors and art collectors. While, for a short time, it seemed that European and Hungarian art could be brought into synchrony, the members of the European School felt under attack from 1947 onwards. Finally, in 1948, they had to cease their operation.
During Stalinist rule of Hungary, she was barred from participating in the art world, but she began to paint again in the mid-1960s. Her pictures symbolized suppressed tragedy such as Pleasure Ride (1967), and innocence Tale (1964) with surreal and expressive metamorphoses of the puppet motif.
