Picturesque Epochs Péter Forgács, 2016

The protagonist of Picturesque Epochs is Mária Gánóczy (1927), a painter and a film aficionado who comes from a family of female artists as far back as her greatgrandparents. She brought up nine children with her husband József Breznay (19162012), a fellow painter. Gánóczy s films and paintings immortalised the checkered history of Central Europe. Forgácss works see representative personal and historical layering by using the most varying film tools and textures: paintings, faded photos, 8mm film footages, news sections, handwritten documents and radio archives, as well as presentday HD interview recordings. Picturesque Epochs combines art, family papers and the distinctive features and iconic turns of different eras in this intimate yet extensive saga.