Viktor Bányai

Art Nouveau on Paper

Viktor Bányai opened his cabinetmaking workshop in Budapest in the 1890s. He made furniture that appeared at several domestic and international exhibitions, to plans by Frigyes Spiegel, Pál Horti, Ödön Faragó, Izidor Scherr and Artúr Lakatos. He won second prize at the Liège International world’s fair of 1905.

Műlpa - for the cabinet maker Viktor Bányai
Exhibition photograph - salon furniture designed by Frigyes Spiegel, Christmas Exhibition of The Association of Applied Arts 1899
Exhibition photograph - sideboard, Autumn Furniture Exhibition of the Museum of Applied Arts 1899
Exhibition photograph - dining table and armchair designed by Frigyes Spiegel, Autumn Furniture Exhibition of the Museum of Appled Arts 1899
Exhibition photograph - chair and armchair, designed by Frigyes Spiegel, Autumn Furniture Exhibition of the Museum of Appled Arts 1899
Exhibition photograph - salon furniture designed by Artúr Lakatos, Spring Exhibition of The Association of Applied Arts 1907
Exhibition photograph - salon furniture designed by Artúr Lakatos, Spring Exhibition of The Association of Applied Arts 1907
Exhibition photograph - dining room furniture designed by Izidor Scheer, Christmas Exhibition of The Association of Applied Arts 1902
Exhibition photograph - dining room furniture designed by Ödön Faragó, Christmas Exhibition of The Association of Applied Arts 1904
Exhibition photograph - salon furniture designed by Frigyes Spiegel, Christmas Exhibition of The Association of Applied Arts 1899