{"id":11935,"date":"2014-10-16T12:42:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T10:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=11935"},"modified":"2014-11-06T11:33:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T10:33:25","slug":"szaz-evnyi-adossag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/archivum\/szaz-evnyi-adossag\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d6d\u00f6n Lechner Centenary 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00d6d\u00f6n Lechner Centenary 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Text: Gy\u00f6rgy Szeg\u0151<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Postal Savings Bank, photo: J\u00f3zsef Hajd\u00fa<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00d6d\u00f6n Lechner died 100 ago, in the summer of 1914. Although centennial celebrations are supposed to be associated with births, we guess it is quite in style to remember such a significant anniversary of someone\u2019s death as the evaluation of Art Nouveau (Secession) and thus that of \u201ethe Hungarian form\u201d is rather contradictory. There should be an occasion for the assessment of the oeuvre without prejudices and biases when we also find its place in the national and international cannon. Prevailing the last third of the 20th century, this Zeitgeist pushed out the \u201emodern\u201d aspect of Art Nouveau from \u201eprogressive architecture\u201d, and this has not been changed much since then. The past few decades in the history of Hungarian architecture has not found its emphases in its own times, but did so by following the logic of a later period of the history of architecture in Western Europe. In 2020 we are celebrating the 175th anniversary of Lechner\u2019s birth. If it will be the Year of Architecture at the same time (let it be!), then we shall have a common goal to present and raise public awareness of a revived oeuvre of Lechner.<\/p>\n

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