{"id":58,"date":"2025-01-02T21:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/remsey.hu\/en\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=58"},"modified":"2025-02-26T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:18:17","slug":"ivan-remsey","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/remsey.hu\/en\/artists-and-artworks\/ivan-remsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Iv\u00e1n Remsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The second child of renowned painter <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Jen\u0151 Gy\u00f6rgy Remsey<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> and art teacher <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Vilma Frey<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, Iv\u00e1n Remsey&#8217;s youth was profoundly influenced by the intellectual heritage of the G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151 Artist Colony, as well as the guidance of his father and <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">S\u00e1ndor Nagy<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">In this creatively rich environment, steeped in multifaceted artistic traditions, he found a lifelong passion not only for painting but also for puppet-making. According to his recollections, it was his paternal grandmother, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Johanna Olgyay Moln\u00e1r<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, who first made puppets in their family. At the end of the 19th century, as a single mother raising her children in great hardship, she was known as &#8220;the poor doll-making woman.&#8221; Over time, her figure grew to symbolic proportions in the Remsey family legend, embodying the strong connection her descendants developed to the art of puppetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151 Artist Colony itself had a tradition of puppetry and staging costumed performances. However, Iv\u00e1n Remsey considered his direct role model to be the Italian master puppeteer <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Vittorio Podrecca<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. His admiration for the Italian puppeteer was shaped by a film he saw at the Uranus Cinema in G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151, which left a lasting impression on him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">As he was not admitted to the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">College of Fine Arts<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> because of his origins, he was self-taught. A new phase in his artistic development began in 1951 when he moved to <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Szentendre<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> with his wife, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Ilma Sipos<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Their connection to this town by the Danube was long-standing, as the family often spent summers there camping and rowing. With its rich history in Hungarian painting, Szentendre became their second home, where they actively participated in the town&#8217;s vibrant artistic community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Iv\u00e1n Remsey considered the Szentendre painter <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Istv\u00e1n Ilosvai Varga<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> and his brother-in-law <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">J\u00e1nos Pirk<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">\u2014husband of his sister, \u00c1gnes Remsey\u2014as his mentors. Both had also settled in Szentendre in 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">His versatile talent was evident in multiple fields, including painting, puppet-making, poetry, and filmmaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Iv\u00e1n Remsey was well-acquainted with Europe, spending three months in France in 1967 on a scholarship established by <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Mih\u00e1lyn\u00e9 K\u00e1rolyi<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. In Italy, he gained recognition as a puppeteer, representing Hungary on the international jury at the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Palermo Puppet Festival<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. In 1991, an exhibition of his works was organised in <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Cava de\u2019 Tirreni<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> in the Campania region, where he was honoured with the title of honorary citizen in recognition of his artistic achievements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">In 1993, he was elected honorary president of the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Hungarian Puppeteers&#8217; Association<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. His <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Crying Clowns<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> series, which brought him significant professional acclaim, was created in 1981 for the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Cir\u00f3ka Ensemble<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> in Kecskem\u00e9t. His puppets also appeared in the Hungarian films <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Poor Johnny and Arnica (<\/span>Szeg\u00e9ny Dzsoni \u00e9s \u00c1rnika<span lang=\"en-US\">) 1982 and <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Miss Arizona<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> (1987).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">A retrospective exhibition of his life\u2019s work was held in 2006 at the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Pet\u0151fi S\u00e1ndor Cultural Centre<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> in G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">M\u00e1rta Pallag<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Art Historian<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-58","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/remsey.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/remsey.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/remsey.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/remsey.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}