The Fine Arts Program of the Federal
Reserve Board opened its fall season with an exhibit entitled "The
Art of Hungary, 1915 Revisited." It presents twenty-six paintings,
prints, and a pastel that are representative of the international stature
of Hungarian art at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
Along with their contemporaries from around the world, Hungarian artists
were included in this international survey of paintings embracing
"the modern spirit of contemporary painting."
Thanks to the generosity of three
American collectors and collections, the Honorable Nancy G. Brinker,
former Ambassador of the United States to Hungary; H. Kirk Brown III; and
The Salgo Trust for Education, founded by Nicholas Salgo, of Hungarian
descent and also a former ambassador to Hungary, the exhibition was
organized and opened under the auspices of the Hungarian Embassy.
The opening reception coincided with the
annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank.
Ambassador and Mrs. Simonyi with Alan Greenspan and
Andrea Mitchell
Amb. Simonyi with Mr. Greenspan, Amb. Nancy G. Brinker
and Zsigmond Járai, President of the Hungarian National Bank
Amb. Simonyi with Mr. Járai, and Jean-Claude Trichet,
President of the European Central Bank
Mr. Járai, Mr. Trichet, and Mary Anne Goley, Fine Arts
Program Director of the Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Greenspan, Ms. Mitchell, Amb. Simonyi, Amb.
Brinker, and Mrs. Simonyi looking at a picture by Hungarian painter János
Vaszary, which was contributed to the exhibit by Amb. Brinker, herself an
art collector
Amb. Brinker with Jill and Kirk Brown
