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Surrey / Re: Henry Ripszam of Ockley Surrey
« on: Saturday 11 March 17 17:46 GMT (UK) »
Hello! Thank you very much for your rapid response!
I literally discovered Ripszám's name today as I was going through Hungarian exhibition material from the early 1920ies, so I haven't even had the chance to look him up in Hungarian art dictionaries.
I must admit that I am not even familiar with the Red Cross website providing any information on single POWs. I usually work with the POW catalogues of their home countries.
Indeed it was very common for the representatives of various relief agencies to buy POW art, sometimes for their private collections, and sometimes for their institutions. I have the impression that the artists in Russian captivity functioned just like elsewhere, that is some supported each other and organized exhibitions together, while disregarding others for their "lack of talent" or professionalism. There were those that were happy to make money producing applied artwork, while others were purists and insisted on creating only "pure" art, even if that meant foregoing the possibility to make a living. In any case it is very different from what you expect to have happened in a prisoner of war camp.
I literally discovered Ripszám's name today as I was going through Hungarian exhibition material from the early 1920ies, so I haven't even had the chance to look him up in Hungarian art dictionaries.
I must admit that I am not even familiar with the Red Cross website providing any information on single POWs. I usually work with the POW catalogues of their home countries.
Indeed it was very common for the representatives of various relief agencies to buy POW art, sometimes for their private collections, and sometimes for their institutions. I have the impression that the artists in Russian captivity functioned just like elsewhere, that is some supported each other and organized exhibitions together, while disregarding others for their "lack of talent" or professionalism. There were those that were happy to make money producing applied artwork, while others were purists and insisted on creating only "pure" art, even if that meant foregoing the possibility to make a living. In any case it is very different from what you expect to have happened in a prisoner of war camp.