Back To Linocut Art

The more exhibition I go to, the more types of art I'm introduced to and there's always something new. Although I welcome and all kind of art and always open to a new challenge, over the years I started to have some preferences, which means I'm happy to see certain type of arts and linocut is one of them.

The truth is, I've always known this technique, but never liked it. Controversial, isn't it? That's because the works I saw at a young age were rough and not detailed. These on the other hand are very different. I'm going to show you close up photos to see what I mean.

Really sorry for the reflection, but could not get a better angle.

Look at the details. Imagine how much work is in here, how many hours.

This was a linocut exhibition I wrote about it previously here.

The artist's name was Béla Szepessy and the exhibition was called Simplicissimus. The big artworks printed on canvas were something I've never seen before. Not only because of the size of the works, but the illustration as well. This one above for example looks like it has two eyes, two legs but it's not a person. However, the idea seemed brilliant to me.

A few words for you to understand what you see here. Each artwork represents a city that once was part of the Hungarian Kingdom. Most of the linocuts are illustrating fights, churches, religious scenes and so one.

The work above is called Bártfa, or Bardejov.

Bardejov (pronunciation (help·info); Hungarian: Bártfa, German: Bartfeld, Rusyn: Бардеёв, Ukrainian: Бардіїв) is a town in North-Eastern Slovakia. It is situated in the Šariš region on a floodplain terrace of the Topľa River, in the hills of the Beskyd Mountains. It exhibits numerous cultural monuments in its completely intact medieval town center. The town is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites and currently maintains a population of about 32,000 inhabitants. source

Nagyszeben
Sibiu

These are all medieval cities and have similar old city centers. Usually there's the church, surrounded by old houses and the fortress' wall, that served to protect the city.

Pozsony
Bratislava

I stood in front of this one and looked at it for 5 minutes, trying to figure out how does that monster on the right fit in all this.

If you look at the chariot, I suppose that belongs to the 17th century, maybe 18th. Look at the clothes of the woman on the left. Imagine how much patience is needed to work on those details.

There were smaller works as well and I was expecting these to be printed on paper, but some of them were printed on canvas.

If only they can hang the paintings right for once ...

I took a close up photo to show you the details. I'm always thinking if I could reproduce such work on paper. I could try but the result would be disastrous for sure 😳.

This gallery is always a challenge. I've learnt how to take photos to avoid reflections, but that doesn't mean I'm satisfied with the result. Sometimes I'm thinking what the photos would look like taken in ideal conditions.

Eperjes

Eperjes is a village in Szentes District of Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. source

If I were to choose one to hang on my wall, this would probably be the one, or the previous one with the medieval fortress.

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