To aid the Hungarian Museum of Photography in Kecskemét, the Association of Hungarian Photographic Artists and the Foundation for Hungarian Photography are currently arranging for an auction of photographs to be held at 18:00 on 8 December, 2010. The 158 contemporary photographs put up for auction by the members of the Association will go under the hammer at Ludwig Museum, inside MÜPA, as well as at Vatera.hu, an Internet marketplace. The photos, intended for auction, will be on view at Eötvös 10 Exhibition Hall (H-1067 Budapest, 10 Eötvös st.) and on the Internet at www.vatera.hu/fotoarveres .
You are cordially invited to bid for the masterpieces of contemporary photography and aid the Hungarian Museum of Photography in Kecskemét with your purchase.
The photographs meant for auction and their offerers
150 members of the Association of Hungarian Photographic Artists have each offered one of their works of art to be put under the hammer. The list of acclaimed artists includes Éva Keleti, a Prima Primissima Prize winner, István Lábadi, a Rudolf Balogh Prize winner, György Tóth, Péter Herendi, Szilvia Mucsy, Gábor Gerhes, Béla Balázs Prize Winner and Excellent Artist and Hungarian Photography Great Prize Winner Imre Benkő, Gábor Kerekes, recipient of the Béla Balázs Prize, and Excellent Artist, László Tengőlics, Béla Balázs Prize Winner, Excellent Artist and Hungarian Photography Great Prize Winner Ferenc Markovics, György Gadányi…
The Hungarian Museum of Photography in Kecskemét
The Hungarian Museum of Photography in Kecskemét treasures both Hungarian and international works of photography to different standards. The Museum, as far as its Hungarian collection is concerned, attempts to show an overall picture, treasuring photogaphs and inheritances by the major artists, from every age, and reflecting every school of art. For want of funds, however, the Museum is in a position to engage only and solely in the following activities: purchasing a limited number of international works of photography and trading works of art by outstanding artists, such as Alinari, Eve Arnold, Mario de Biasi, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Imogen Cunningham, Frantisek Drtikol, Walker Evans, René Groebli, Lotte Jacobi, Yousuf Karsh, Erna Lendvai-Dirksen, Helmar Lerski, Robert Mapplethorpe, James Nachway, David Seymour, Edward Steichen.
For the most part, the Museum is proud of the photos of photographers, who left Hungary and acquired fame abroad. The Museum boasts a considerable amount of works by André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy, György Kepes, Robert Capa, Cornell Capa, Paul Almásy, Brassai, Márton Munkácsi, Ata Kando and others. It is to no lesser extent that the Museum appreciates works of art by the most outstanding artists that remained in Hungary, such as József Pécsi, Rudolf Balogh, Károly Escher, Angelo, Olga Máté, and another five-hundred artists. In the storage rooms of the Museum, there are photographs by all the contemporary artists of fame, like Tamás Féner, Péter Korniss, Gábor Kerekes and others.
For more information, please visit www.fotomuzeum.hu
