Wesselényi

I like to imagine I have captured the spirit of Baron Miklós Wesselényi de Hadad (English: Nicholas Wesselényi) in this rendering of Wesselényi Street in Budapest, Hungary. Wesselényi seems to have earned the right to have a street named after him. Wesselényi was a Hungarian statesman, a leader in the Diet (the supreme legislative institution in the medieval kingdom of Hungary) and a member of the Board of Academy of Sciences. He attacked and spoke out against the system of feudalism, established a printing press to promote his ideas, printed and distributed the minutes of the Diet in order to give publicity to the debates and was a national hero of sort for rowing his boat around the streets of Pest saving many in the flood of 1838. And in a time when you wouldn’t dare tax the super rich, Wesselényi abolished several feudal laws and customs on his own estates, freed his serfs and built and ran schools with his own (inherited) money to educate them. I wonder what he did in his spare time.

Wayne, please forgive me for being so lax in reviewing your work lately. Attribute this to ennui, I guess. My impression of this city is that it's got Wesselényi's presence everywhere. Perhaps this applies to the city's physical attributes, but - more importantly - it's his spirit. I'm quite impressed by your style of painting here. I associate the strong diagonals with early cubism. - - My best always, michael

Many thanks, Michael. No forgiveness necessary. I don't see how the most prolific artist on the site has time to comment on anything. Do you ever sleep?

Sleep? What's sleep?

Hi Wayne

It is not so often, I se a street shot that is beautiful. But you did well. The yellow car becomes an important part of your art work in the way it defines the scale of colors in the image. The vertical area in the upper left car with the pale green color gives your eye a place to relax. It reminds me of a very old selfportrait by Albrecht Dürer. Well done.

Tommy

Many thanks, Tommy. Your comments/critique are helpful and appreciated. I confess I don’t always know what I am doing and go primarily on instinct or feeling. For example I knew for certain the yellow car had to be there. But why I didn’t know. The good thing about this site is we artists help each other understand what we are doing and what resonates with other artists.