The Eight and the European Avant-garde
The Eight and the European Avant-garde

Summary/Abstract: The group of Hungarian painters known as ‘The Eight’ was formed in Budapest, still at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy just before the outbreak of the First World War, more specifically when their first exhibition opened on December 30, 1909. They were particularly active in 1910 and 1911 but by and large their endeavours had come to a close by 1914, the year that brought the end of the long 19th century. These were years of a social and intellectual upturn and an emergence of new ideas never to be repeated in Hungary. These were the years of the birth of avant-garde art groups right across Europe.

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