DLA091-0021  Translation; partial item

‘The Munich Exhibition’ Paris, 17 July

It is only now, in Paris, that I have got round to writing about the Munich Exhibition, but what can I say in my defence? The time I spent in the German Athens was too short to allow me to write my article so I waited until I came here before putting pen to paper, wanting my body, tired out from so much travelling, to be properly rested before I embarked. I do not intend to make a meal of what I am about to say, for the truth is, there is not a great deal to be said. Hungarian-Jewish artists in Munich? It is a bold and suggestive title, but it can be dealt with very briefly. There are only four of them, and if we add the Hungarian-born sculptor Miksa Klein, then that makes five. It would be absurd to attempt to review their work. They are so well-known to the public back home that praising them would be superfluous and would risk being a repetition of what has already been said. So let me confine myself to summing up what I saw. None of those who took part in the Munich Exhibition live in Hungary. Horovitz, László, Herzl, Grünwald and Klein all live abroad. What is the reason for this? Now is not the time to go into that. Suffice it to mention that Lipót Horovitz, for example, opened a studio in Budapest two years ago, but did not stay long: a year later he pitched his artistic camp in Berlin. I can only praise and commend our small but select group of artists [loss]

AH

04/09/2023