Vincent Hall - Budapest - Frida, Vincent & Gustav

In the Vincent Hall (aka Lumière Hall) in Budapest you can watch three animated painting shows about the work and life of different artists. All three famous painters with a life of hardships. You sit surrounded by screens.

This is an art exhibition in which works by Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh and Gustav Klimt are projected digitally in large format, accompanied by music and informative captions. All three exhibitions are projected in the same room.

Frida Kahlo: Unbroken

And this is her as well, with help of AI

If you know her at all, you might only think of a woman with thick eyebrows and a mustache. It is how she painted herself. Not because she looked that way, but because she fought being dominated, genderroles. For sure she was a free spirit and let not anyone stop her from painting. What influenced her paintings were the three miscarriages, the accident, which ruined her body and life (22 operations she had), politics and death.

She wrote in her diary:

As long as I can paint, I can endure life

... but she also said: never again!

Vincent van Gogh: Immersive

Drawings, all sorts of paintings and styles is what Vincent made. He devoted himself entirely to art, to the point of obsession. If we are to believe his words, his admission to a psychiatric clinic brought him a more regular routine, which influenced his painting.

Working in paintings is a necessary for my recovery...

He painted more and faster than ever before.
He felt weak, was misunderstood, focussed on the future, and suffered.
Even in the company of a carer, he did not feel safe outside the institution, walking in the village.

I feel weak, a little anxious ...

He changed his painting style because he wanted everyone to be able to clearly see what he painted!

Vincent painted himself many times in different ways during the last 5 years of his life. It was his proof that painters can show a person in way more different ways than photographers can.

According to him, his last painting was the best.

I like to write about many things but if feels pointless. Our paintings should speak for us, my dear brother. My painting cost me half of my sanity but what can you do?

Vincent shot himself in the chest and died two days later in his room. The world was not ready for a genius and his work.

Gustav Klimt: Experience

This was undoubtedly the worst of the three digital exhibitions. The images changed so quickly on the screens that you couldn’t really see anything. The texts were too long to read at a glance. His painting career was divided into three phases.
Gustav began with frescoes, experienced his golden period, and his madness also seemed to increase, judging by the often jarring colours and garish backgrounds consisting of ornaments or oriental styles.

After the death of his father and brother, his painting style changed. From 1910 onwards, he painted only landscapes (traces of the entire evolution of his work can be found in the landscapes).

To time its art. Art is freedom

_{Vincent Hall Boedapest
Piarista köz 1
1052 Boedapest
Coordinates: 47.4928505, 19.0528338
Site: https://vincenthall.hu
Prizes vary from free to up to 6000+ Huf/17 euros (450 Steem). There is no option for a VR- experience. The prizes mentioned in the site are not updated and lower!
Time frames mentioned on the site are mainly for seeing the shows in Hungarian or the English language.
The exhibition has been extended until November 2026.
Public transport in Budapest is very good and fast. With a 24hrs ticket you can use tram, metro and nearly all buses! You’ll have to walk the last bit through the shopping streets!
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