With the topic of January, we remember Szász Endre, who was born 99 years ago, on January 7, 1926, in Miercurea-Ciuc.

In the 1950s, he was successful with his book illustrations, then his interest increasingly turned to painting, becoming a famous painter due to his unique painting technique, based on that of the classical masters, but combined with surrealist elements. As a set and production designer, he also made his mark in the film industry, but his name is probably most associated with his activities in Hollóháza, Hungary, in the 1980s, namely with his achievements in the use and popularization, on a large scale, of porcelain.

According to his statements, the character of his pictorial world was formed under the influence of the experience he gathered in the Szeklerland: “My surrealism comes from folk songs, namely from the folk songs of the mountain people. [...] The mountain man does not see beyond the dark forest, he experiences obscurity in abundance, sees strange roots, is surrounded by mysticism and does not see what is behind the mountain. Thus, he invents and fantasizes in images. The man from Harghita presents the unexperienced mystery through images. He uses symbols. And symbolism is the creator of surrealism.

The Szekler Museum of Ciuc preserves 25 of his works, mostly wood engravings, serigraphy and two surrealist portraits, painted in oil, one of which can be viewed in its original form for a month at the museum's ticket office, daily, from Tuesday to Sunday, between 9:00 and 17:00.