Egy allegória megfejtése. Jegyzetek egy Berde-kiállítás margójára
Deciphering an Allegory: Notes from an Exhibition about the Berde Sisters

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals in detail with the life of Amál Berde (1886‒1976), painter, one of two specially gifted and trained sisters. While Mária Berde's (1889‒1949) career and reception became more visible in terms of processing and publications, as her works have been republished and her poetry and novels can still be accessed today, the afterlife of Amál Berde's painting career did not receive the recognition it deserved. Neither a comprehensive list of her works, nor a catalog, nor a series of analyses are available. The article presents Amál Berde’s works in the context of the Nagybánya artists’ colony, her painting preserving the most important legacies of the Nagybánya School, and her portraits being sensitive images of Transylvanian history. The novelty of the article consists besides presenting new details about Amál Berde’s personal networks in deciphering an allegorical image, of a painting in the possession of the Szekler National Museum, entitled Work and Rest, an allegory of the founding of the Szekler National Museum, dedicated to Emilia Csereiné Zathureczky’s commitment to ethnography, and her activities as a founder of the museum. The article is based on the research of the author carried out as a curator of an exhibition dedicated to the activity of the Berde sisters, an exhibition on show in 2022 in Barót/Baraolt and Székelyudvarhely/Odorheiu Secuiesc.

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