page_title: Ilka Gedő
section_title: Chronology
hierarchical_section_title: Ilka Gedő / Chronology
caption_attribution_description: English: Ilka Gedő in her studio
context_page_description: Ilka Gedő was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. Her work survives decades of persecution and repression, first by the semi-fascist regime of the 1930s and 1940s and then, after a brief interval of relative freedom between 1945 and 1949, by the communist regime of the 1950s to 1989. In the first stage of her career, which came to an end in 1949, she created a huge number of drawings that can be divided into various series. From 1964 on, she resumed her artistic activities creating oil paintings. "Ilka Gedő is one of the solitary masters of Hungarian art. She is bound to neither the avant-garde nor traditional trends. Her matchless creative method makes it impossible to compare her with other artists."
context_section_description: 1921: Ilka Gedő was born on 26 May 1921 in Budapest.
  1939: Ilka Gedő visits the free school of Tibor Gallé.
  1940: She participates in the second exhibition of OMIKE (Hungarian Jewish Educational Association).
  1939-42: She receives training from Erdei Viktor.
  1942: She takes part in the exhibition of the Group of Socialist Painters.
  1942-43: She attends the free school of István Örkényi-Strasser.
  1943: Gedő participates in the fifth exhibition of OMIKE.
  1944: The Budapest ghetto series is born.
  1945: In the autumn of 1945 Ilka Gedő enrols as a full-time student in the Academy of Fine Arts. However, she leaves the academy after six months. She draws at the school of Gyula Pap.
  1946: She marries the biochemist Endre Bíró.
  1947: Birth of her first son, Dániel.
  1949: She stops her artistic activities.
  1950: From 1950 on she does not take part in art life. Her interests turn to the philosophy of art, art history and colour theory. She translates extensive passages from Goethe's theory of colour.
  1953: Birth of her second son, Dávid.
  1962: The Hungarian National Gallery buys three drawings of the artist.
  1965: Studio exhibition featuring drawings from the years 1945-1949. She resumes her artistic activities.
  1969-1970: Spends a year in Paris. She takes part in a group exhibition of the Galerie Lambert.
  1974: She is admitted to the Association of Visual Artists.
  1980: Retrospective exhibition in the St. Stephen's Museum of Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
  1982: Exhibition at the Dorottya Gallery of Budapest. The National Gallery of Hungary buys two of the artist's paintings.
  1985: Gedő dies on 19 June in Budapest. A solo exhibition of the artist is opened in the Gallery of the Szentendre Art Colony. Another solo exhibition of Ilka Gedő is organized in the framework of the Hungarian Season in Glasgow. This event is covered by art critics of the Glasgow Herald, The Scotsman, Financial Times, The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Observer and The Guardian.
  1987: A retrospective exhibition of Ilka Gedő is shown in Budapest, at the Arts Hall (Műcsarnok).
  1989: Exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary.
  1989-1990: Gedő's second Glasgow exhibition takes place between 9 December 1989 and 12 January 1990 at the Third Eye Centre (346-354 Sauchiehall Street).
  1994: Exhibition at New York's Janos Gat Gallery.
  1995: An exhibition titled Victims and Perpetrators featuring drawings by György Román and Ilka Gedő is shown at the Budapest Jewish Museum. From April 1995 four of Ilka Gedő's drawings are shown at the exhibition titled Culture and Continuity: the Jewish Journey of the New York Jewish Museum for a period of six months. An exhibition is organised at New York's Shepherd Gallery featuring the table series, the self-portraits and the Ganz factory drawings from 21 November to 19 December 1995.
  1996: Supplemented by three oil paintings of both Gedő and Román, Victims and Perpetrators is shown at the Art Museum of Yad Vashem.
  1997: Solo exhibition at the Janos Gat Gallery in New York City.
  1998: The Department of Prints and Drawings of The British Museum acquires fifteen and The Israel Museum acquires six drawings by Ilka Gedő.
  1999: The Düsseldorf Museum Kunstpalast acquires ten drawings of the Artist.
  2001: Chamber exhibition of Gedő's drawings at the Budapest Municipal Picture Gallery and Kiscelli Museum. The Hungarian National Gallery buys three of Gedő's paintings.
  2006: At an exhibition at the Berliner Collegicum Hungaricum from 9 March to 10 May a representative selection of the artist's drawings and paintings is shown from the permanent collections of the Hungarian National Gallery and the Düsseldorf Museum Kunstpalast.
  2011: The Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings, Berlin) acquires eight drawings of Ilka Gedő.
  2013: The Albertina acquires twelve drawings of Ilka Gedő.
  2013: Chamber Exhibition of Ilka Gedő at the National Theatre of Hungary from 22 March to 23 April 2013.
  2015: The Department of Modern and Contemporary Art of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires three drawings of the artist. The Mus
caption: Ilka Gedő in Her Studio, 1982
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