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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.
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.