Anikó Katona

Anikó Katona

ANIKÓ KATONA is an art historian of the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest. Her research focus is the history of Hungarian graphic design and visual culture, with a special interest on the political and social aspects. She was a curator of the poster collection of the Hungarian National Library from 2009–2015. In 2014 she was assistant curator of the “Modern Hungarian Poster 1924–1942” exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. In 2015, she was one of the curators of the National Library’s First World War exhibition entitled “Propaganda in First World War.” Since 2014, she has published a book and several articles on the poster art of the First World War. Since 2017, she has been teaching art history at the Metropolitan University Budapest.

HUNGARIAN ART DECO POSTERS

INTRODUCTION Art Deco is a relatively new term in Hungarian art history. Le Corbusier was the first to use the expression, but not as a definition of a style or an “-ism”. As part of art historical terminology, it was first used in 1966 by the curators of a ground-breaking

HUNGARIAN ART DECO POSTERS

INTRODUCTION Art Deco is a relatively new term in Hungarian art history. Le Corbusier was the first to use the expression, but not as a definition of a style or an “-ism”. As part of art historical terminology, it was first used in 1966 by the curators of a ground-breaking