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The Budapest Nights Series

By Marjorie Pratt- Rosenberg and Aida Abou El Hesen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

Paintings above,  are a part of the “The Budapest Nights Series” a famous work of the artist representing his avant-garde neo cubism genre. This series consisted of a set of 14 ultra modern paintings influenced by several historical and social events that happened in Hungary and surrounding countries during the Soviet Regime. The artist has spent some time in Budapest and mingled with local artists, debated with historians, visited forgotten monuments and shared the feelings and memories of the Hungarian people whom he loved very intensely. The artist devoted years of life studying the music of the great Hungarian composer and conductor Baltock. It was noted in essays and articles that de La Croix ultra modern neo cubistic creation originated in the studying of the work of Kassimir Malevich and the Hungarian Gypsy Music of Hungary. The fourth painting is very interesting because it shows the influence of the minimalism art movement of New York back in the sixties. De La Croix’s paintings are known to be very intense and intellectually complex but in many cases we see quite the opposite. A simple composition, a few lines, or no lines at all in some of his Malevich conceptual work. But always, intellectually conceived and constructed. This style appears to attract the attention of American students of the art and modern art posters collectors. European students of the art and modern art lovers preferred the heavily charged and intellectually condensed paintings of de La Croix. Two different approaches to understanding the artist. But, frankly, who really does understand art. Is art a question of learning and teaching or a“ from within” feeling and indirect invitation to feel one with the artist’s painting? This question remains without convincing answers.