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56  introducing bud apest

Budapest’s Best: the Secession

Visitors to budapest are often impressed by
its wonderful late 19th and early 20th century
buildings. the majority of these are found in
central pest and around Városliget; buda was
already developed at this stage and so boasts
few examples. the movement started among
groups of avant-garde artists in paris and Vienna,
from where the term secession comes. in budapest,
the secession style was also the inspiration for The School on Rose Hill
the development of the Hungarian national style. Dezső Zrumeczky , a student of the
renowned architect Károly Kós, used
Further details are given on pages 58–9. motifs from village houses in Transylvania
to give this building on Áldás utca
its character. HUNG Á RIA K RT

Woman with a
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Birdcage (1892) KÓS KÁROLY
This painting by József
Rippl-Rónai has an
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atmosphere of mystery
and in timacy typical of SZENT ISTVÁN KRT
Hungarian art of the
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Ironwork Gates of Gresham Palace
Two peacocks, a classic Secession motif,
decorate the wrought-iron gates of the Four
Seasons Gresham Palace hotel. The building
was built by Zsigmond Quittner and the BARTÓK BÉLA ÚT
Vágó brothers between 1905–6.
Lechner House on Bartók Béla út
Ödön Lechner was the leading exponent of
the Hungarian National Style. He built this
apartment block for his brother Gyula, with a 0 metres 800
studio for himself on the fourth floor, in 1899. 800
The block is at 40 Bartók Béla út. 0 yards

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