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Pál Szinyei Merse: Picnic in May

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Alternative names	Merse Paul von Szinyei; Pal Szinyei Merse; Pal von Szinyei Merse; Paul Von Szinyei Merse; Pál Szinyei-Merse
Description	Hungarian painter and politician
Date of birth/death	4 July 1845	2 February 1920
Location of birth/death	Szinyeújfalu	Jernye
Work location	Munich, Jernye, Budapest
Authority file	: Q742322 VIAF: 56643861 ISNI: 0000000109037676 ULAN: 500015176 LCCN: n81099061 MusicBrainz: 54e3842b-2aa7-44b8-a2df-8ebbf330ba42 WorldCat

Title

Picnic in May

Object type

painting

Date

1873

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 128 cm (50.3 in); width: 163.5 cm (64.3 in)

Collection

Hungarian National Gallery

	Native name	Magyar Nemzeti Galéria
	Location	Budapest
	Coordinates	47° 29′ 46.42″ N, 19° 02′ 23.18″ E
	Established	5 October 1957
	Website	www.mng.hu
	Authority file	: Q252071 VIAF: 154420358 ISNI: 0000000122977259 LCCN: n79110318 NLA: 36179282 GND: 2018679-4 WorldCat

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1547

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- Пал Сіньєї Мерше

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SZINYEI MERSE Pál

(1845, Szinyeújfalu - 1920, Jernye)

Majális 1873 Olaj, vászon, 128 x 163,5 cm Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest

Szinyei Münchenben barátságot kötött az ugyancsak ott dolgozó Böcklinnel. A fõ mûvének tekinthetõ Majális megfestésée során figyelembe vette Böcklin tanácsait is. A kép egy napsütötte domboldalon, a képen kívülesõ fa árnyékában letelepedett kiránduló társaságot ábrázol. A kép a francia impresszionisták képeivel azonos hatást kelt, az elkészítés módszere azonban eltérõ. A természetet emlékezetbõl. mûteremben festette, az alakok helyét kihagyva, majd az alakokat egyenként festette rá a képre, modellek alapján, különbözõ idõpontokban. A pokrócon hasonfekve csirkecombot evõ alak a festõ sajátmaga.

A képet elkészülte után teljes meg nem értés fogadta, még festõtársai részérõl is, beleértve Böcklint is. A festõ a képet a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeumnak akarta adományozni, de az nem fogadta el. A milleneumi kiállításon 1896-ban kapta csak meg a festõ és a kép a méltó elismerést.

A mûrõl részletes elemzés a <A HREF="http://mek.oszk.hu/01300/01315/html/%22 TARGET="_blank">Száz szép kép</A> címû összeállításban olvasható, a <A HREF="http://mek.oszk.hu/html/kiallitas.html%22 TARGET="_blank">Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár kiállítótermében.</A>

SZINYEI MERSE, Pál (1845, Szinyeújfalu - 1920, Jernye)

Picnic in May 1873 Oil on canvas, 128 x 163,5 cm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Szinyei made friends with Böcklin, who was also working in Munich. Szinyei asked for Böcklin's advice when he painted "Picnic in May", which can be considered as his most significant picture. The picture shows a group of people sitting on a hill. They are enyoying the cool shadow of a tree off the picture. The picture gives the same impression as those of French impresssionists, only the technique is different. He painted the landscape from memory in his studio, leaving the place for the figures which he painted one by one after models at various times. The figure who is lying on a blanket and eating a leg of chicken is the painter himself.

The picture did not have a favourable acceptance: his fellow artists and even Böcklin did not appreciate it. Szinyei wanted to give it as a present to the Hungarian National Museum, but it did not accept it. The painter and his picture were not appreciated until the Millennium Exhibition in 1896.

Type: landscape Time-line: 1876-1900

Form: painting

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