Béla Kondor and the Transatlanticism of the Faux-Naïve Tradition

Authors

Kev Nemelka, Brigham Young University
Dr. James Swensen, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Béla Kondor, transatlanticism, Utah Faux-Naïvists

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

Abstract

In preparation for my capstone/thesis project, I researched the life and works of Béla Kondor, a Hungarian Faux-Naïve Symbolist artist of the mid-twentieth century, and how his works are comparable to Utah Faux-Naïvists Andrew Ballstaedt, Fidalis Buehler, and Brian Kershisnik. Before I arrived in Budapest I arranged interviews and tours with the Contemporary Art Curator at the Hungarian Museum of Fine Art, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Gábor Kogárt Art Foundation, the Contemporary Art Curator for the Miskolc Museum of Art, and one of the lead Hungarian scholars on Kondor’s oeuvre. I also hired a translator to help with difficult texts and interview transcriptions.

Recommended Citation

Nemelka, Kev and Swensen, Dr. James (2014) "Béla Kondor and the Transatlanticism of the Faux-Naïve Tradition," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 397.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/397