A Prágai Magyar Hírlap (1922–1938) képzőművészeti tartalma – 1.
The Fine Arts Content of the Prágai Magyar Hírlap (1922–1938)

Summary/Abstract: The Prágai Magyar Hírlap (PMH), one of the most widely read and highest-quality dailies during the First Czechoslovak Republic, was published in Prague as the organ of the era's Hungarian opposition parties. Spanning seventeen volumes, it produced 4,695 issues totalling nearly 55,000 pages. From its inception, its cultural and arts columns conveyed valuable information through articles, reviews, feature stories, interviews, and news regarding contemporary fine arts events. The daily’s ideological orientation was characterized by national-conservative values and a purposeful, consistent critique of the Czechoslovak government's anti-minority policies. At the same time, significant differences emerged regarding the editorial board’s independence from party politics during specific periods of the paper’s history (1922–1925, 1925–1932, and 1932–1938). From an ideological perspective, the directives of contemporary Hungarian cultural policy proved to be defining; however, particularly during the second period, Modernism and New Realism also gained exposure. The fine arts content of this daily serves as a primary source and a document of its time, offering insight into the Hungarian artistic life in Czechoslovakia, the relationship to Czech and Slovak art, the art of dictatorships and autocratic regimes, and the overall standard of contemporary art criticism.

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