HEADPIECE AND INITIAL LETTER BY ALEXANDER NAGY. PUBLISHED BY THE “JÓKAI” PRINTING OFFICE purely national characteristics. A notable example of this is to be found in the drawings of the Marquis Franz von Bayros, a Hungarian by race, Croatia being his native province, whose work bears no relation to his nationality. Delicate, refined, and eminently decorative, it possesses a grace which recalls the poetic charm of the fêtes galantes, and is yet, in its technical dexterity and subtle comprehension of the requirements of black-and-white, modern in feeling. We reproduce some charming examples of this artist's work.
Very different in conception and treatment, but more national in character, is the decorative illustration by Charles Kós (page 236) for his poem, “The Death of Attila” ; while other eminent book-decorators are Willy Pogány, many of whose drawings have been published in England, Alexander Nagy and Kriesch-Körösföi, both leaders of the famous Gödöllö group of artists. Nagy is a master of line, endowed with a poetic imagination, and he adopts with wonderful success those forms in which the Hungarian nation is so rich. Characteristic of his art is the headpiece shown on this page. A quaintly treated frontispiece by Blasius Busay is also reproduced. The original design was executed in burnt cork.
TITLE-PAGE DESIGNED BY FRANZ VON BAYROS PUBLISHED BY ARTUR WOLF, VIENNA
DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANZ VON BAYROS PUBLISHED BY ARTUR WOLF, VIENNA
| DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION BY FRANZ VON BAYROS FOR VON SCHLOEMPS'S “DER PERVERSE MAIKÄFER” PUBLISHED BY GEORG MÜLLER, MUNICH | BOOK-COVER DESIGN BY FRANZ VON BAYROS, FOR L. H. ROSEGGER'S “VON KÖNIGEN UND JAKOBINERN” PUBLISHED BY SEIFFERT, KOSTRITZ |