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Every gift is matched 1:1 to preserve rare works from the 1939 Riverside Museum exhibition and the New York World’s Fair.

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Pál C. Molnár, Holy Family

The 1939 New York World’s Fair: “The World of Tomorrow”

The 1939 World’s Fair was a beacon of hope and modernity. The Hungarian Pavilion was a masterpiece of national pride, showcasing the country’s artistic achievements during the inter-war years.

Historical Significance: These pieces were intended to show the “World of Tomorrow” to the American public. Today, they serve as a vital link to a pre-war Hungarian identity that we are determined to keep alive.

Treasures from the Pavilion:

The AHLHS preserves significant artifacts and paintings originally exhibited at the Fair, including:
• Vilmos Aba-Novák, Merrymaking in the Village
• Pál Molnár C, The Holy Family

The Women Artists of the Riverside Museum (1939)

In October 1939, as war began to consume Europe, a landmark exhibition titled “International Women Painters, Sculptors, Gravers” opened at the now-defunct Riverside Museum in New York. The Hungarian section featured works by pioneering women artists whose voices were nearly forgotten by history.

Józsa Jaritz, Under the Big Tree

The Struggle for Survival:
After Hungary’s entry into WWII, these works were confiscated by the U.S. Office of Alien Property Custodian.

Collection highlights:

• Paula Porter, Austrian Girl
• Józsa Jaritz, The Sisters, Under the Big Tree
• Erzsébet Loránt, Skating

Paula Porter, Austrian Girl

Erzsébet Loránt, Skating

Alice Endresz, Flowery Meadow

Józsa Jaritz, The Sisters

Ernestine Lohwág-Szablya,
Hungarian Girl, Kaltotaszeg