'A talent like this is born every hundred years'. These were the words of the costume designer Márk Tivadar when his parents took Papp Janó to the Kossuth Prize winner awarded master. By now Papp Janó grew up and is a nationally acclaimed artist. An exhibition of his works opens in the Black house of the Móra Ferenc Museum.

Papp Janó was believed to be a child prodigy. He held his first one-man exhibition at age 13. The parents thought it would be in the interest of the child if he was introduced to the greatest figure of Hungarian costume design Márk Tivadar. The artists saw the designs and the tiny cloths on dolls. Then the young boy was sent out of the room. The parents stayed alone with Márk Tivadar who told them that the child was extremely talented. Later, however, he was not accepted to the Collage of Fine Arts. He was told that he did not need to go there as he knew everything he needed to know. He was told to work instead.

There are hardly any theatres in Hungary were would not be costumes designed by Papp Janó. But his costumes can be found in theatres of Milan, Munich, Tokyo and New York among others. The 37-year-old artists designed costumes for around four-hundred plays and films. He designed ten-thousand costumes all together. One thousand and two hundred of these were designed for the 'Tragedy of Man' played in Szeged.

But cloths designed by Papp Janó are not only work on stage. Often, when somebody needs a unique cloths he/she visits Papp Janó. He has designed celebration cloths for Udvaros Dorottya, Gregor Bernadett, Marozsán Erika and Hernádi Judit.

Gregor Bernadett also wore a costume designed by Papp Janó in the play titled 'Snow Queen'. She said the following about the costume: 'this costume was the heaviest but the nicest one I have worn in my life'. After the play, Gregor Bernadett ordered three ball gowns from Papp Janó. For the cloths ornamented with peacock tale, material was also transported from Augsburg.

The present exhibition shows costumes once worn by actors like Kaszás Attila, Rost Andrea, Kishonti Ildikó, Gregor Bernadett and Béres Ilona. We show over fifty costumes, costume models and cloths at the present exhibition along with graphics and photos of stages with actors and actresses dressed in costumes made by Papp Janó.