Czóbel Béla Fiatal Lány 

Béla Czóbel, a Hungarian painter, created this portrait of a young girl in an unconfirmed year, using oil on canvas. Czóbel’s painting comes out of a period when modern artists across Europe were turning away from academic traditions to find new ways of representing everyday life. The image is striking for its rough brushstrokes and somewhat distorted features, and these visual codes move us away from formal portraiture. Czóbel was working during the early 20th century, a time of great social upheaval and re-evaluation of traditional values. Artists like Czóbel were part of a broader cultural movement that questioned established norms. To understand Czóbel’s art fully, we need to research the social conditions that shaped his artistic production. We must understand the social and institutional context in which it was made. The role of the art historian is to explore these connections, using archives, period publications, and other resources to shed light on the complex relationship between art and society.