Sárospatak Gallery

History

The Sárospatak Picture Gallery (officially Sárospatak Gallery) was established in 1968 at the initiative of singer and folk singer Ferenc Béres, a flautist, and with the donation of his own collection, under the maintenance of the city council. It received its current name in 1980. Its collections mostly came from donations, but also from purchases. Initially it operated in the Rákóczi Castle, then after the renovation of the former Catholic school building it moved there, to 14 Szent Erzsébet Street. In the 1970s two larger collections came into the gallery’s ownership, from the painter, graphic artist and tapestry designer József Domján, a Kossuth Prize laureate, and from the sculptor János Andrássy Kurta.

The gallery was a branch institution of the Herman Ottó Museum in Miskolc from 1983 to 2013, and since then it has again been operating under the maintenance of the city of Sárospatak.

The gallery mainly presents certain periods of 20th‑century Hungarian art with its permanent and temporary exhibitions. At the institution’s headquarters there are two permanent displays: the exhibition of the oeuvre of János Andrássy Kurta and the exhibition of József Domján. The institution regularly organizes visual‑arts presentations at several external venues.

Collections

Béres collection, which consists of 129 items. Some artists whose works are here: László Mednyánszky, Béla Iványi‑Grünwald, János Tornyai, István Nagy, József Rippl‑Rónai, Lajos Gulácsy, László Holló.

János Andrássy Kurta collection, which is the sculptor’s complete oeuvre, and which he donated to the gallery in 1976—

József Domján collection, whose contents are the oeuvre and graphic collection.

Avant‑garde collection, presenting the Hungarian avant‑garde of the 1970s, with artists such as: András Baranyay, Ádám Kéri, Zsuzsa Szenes, Judit Kele, Imre Bak, Pál Deim, János Fajó, Tamás Hencze, Tibor Gáyor, Dóra Maurer, András Mengyán, Sándor Pinczehelyi, etc.