The pictures of Béla Bagi always suggest order and gentle harmony. He is the master of the technique he himself devised. His colors are low-key; his tones are dark, but never sad. He has a unique talent to recognize the hiding beauty of the past. His pictures suggest a ballad-like atmosphere.

He is happy to paint pictures of the town where he was born. He is attracted to the beautiful land, old castles, houses, and streets. He does not paint documents but recreates them. He speaks of Transylvania and Upper Hungary with unbelievable credibility. He has great authority on the old town of Kecskemét.

He rarely paints human figures except on the pictures on Transylvania. His works are still human centered. They suggest life style, dignity, taste, lust, and the importance of preserving personality as well as reliability and solidarity, in one word: life. He speaks of a world that is possible to live in and worthy of humanity. A world in which Béla Bagi, the 85-year-old artist lives himself.

János Kriskó associate professor