Skyway of warriors 186a
Sandor NAGY, 1924, oil on canvas triptych, , Gödöllő premostratiensian Abbey
Sándor Nagy's monumental pano was made in 1924 for the ceiling of the main staircase of the newly built Premontrian High School in Gödöllő. The painting went into hiding for many decades after the nationalisation of 1950, and was rediscovered in 2019 by the museologists of the Budapest Historical Museum's Municipal Picture Gallery. The symbolism of the work is unique: it depicts the Milky Way, or as the Szeklers called it, the Way of the Wars. In the starry sky, the rulers of bygone ages gallop at the head of their armies, and together they rush to the aid of their troubled homeland.
Skyway of warriors 186a
Sandor NAGY, 1924, oil on canvas triptych, , Gödöllő premostratiensian Abbey
Sándor Nagy's monumental pano was made in 1924 for the ceiling of the main staircase of the newly built Premontrian High School in Gödöllő. The painting went into hiding for many decades after the nationalisation of 1950, and was rediscovered in 2019 by the museologists of the Budapest Historical Museum's Municipal Picture Gallery. The symbolism of the work is unique: it depicts the Milky Way, or as the Szeklers called it, the Way of the Wars. In the starry sky, the rulers of bygone ages gallop at the head of their armies, and together they rush to the aid of their troubled homeland.