Factory on the banks of the Danube (1929-1930 )

István Cserepes went from iron worker to artist. From 1926, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, where his master, István Csók, guided his career. From the following year onwards, he exhibited 1-1 pictures at major group exhibitions, but he really attracted the attention of critics and the public after his 1929 collection exhibition, where his pastel works were shown. 

Most of his paintings are landscapes: suburban factory yards, smoky railway stations, cold quays and later Lake Balaton. They are formally grouped with his works entitled Factory on the Danube bank, Potted Old Town (Suburb) or On the Embankment. The figures in these works are solid, and are characterised by the thicker, violet-blue contours surrounding them (typical of fauves), their similar colours (purples, blues, greens, yellows), the use of light to soften and break up the forms, and the splintering brushwork that gives the paintings a graphic effect.