JÁNOS MATTIS TEUTSCH and the Hungarian Avant-Garde: 1910-1935 With retrospective exhibitions at the Hungarian National Gallery and Haus der Kunst in Munich, János Mattis Teutsch emerges as perhaps the most rediscovered artist of his generation. His paintings, drawings, linocuts and wood sculptures were some of the first works exhibited at the gallery Der Sturm, as well as showcased in the extremely influential art publication, MA (Today). During his first painting exhibition, critics reflected on his dreamily colored landscapes, seemingly peopled by interwoven figures, as "the direct expression of inner states of feeling through absolute painterly means. " Mattis Teutsch along with other featured artists in this exhibition such as Béla Kádár, Judit Kárász, László Moholy Nagy, Csaba Vilmos Perlrott, Hugó Scheiber and Lajos Vajda struggled against an extraordinary complex political backdrop. Using color as expression and composition to evoke thought, their work repositioned the artist as integral to the evolution of society as a whole.