Károly Ferenczy: First French Retrospective at Petit Palais

The Petit Palais in Paris presents the first French retrospective of Hungarian modernist painter Károly Ferenczy (1862-1917), organized with the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest and the Hungarian National Gallery. Co-curated by Réka Krasznai and Baptiste Roelly, the exhibition traces Ferenczy's stylistic evolution from naturalism to symbolism, featuring around 400 paintings and numerous drawings. Highlights include 'Les Jardiniers' (1891), 'Chant d'oiseau' (1893), and 'La Femme peintre' (1903). The show is part of the museum's series introducing lesser-known European artists to French audiences, following Pekka Halonen, Giovanni Boldini, Ilya Repin, and William Blake. Ferenczy co-founded the Nagybánya artists' colony in Transylvania in 1896. The exhibition runs from April 14 to September 6, 2025.