The Poor Woman's Home

This painting won the award of Műbarátok (Friends of Art) at the Spring Exhibition of Műcsarnok (Palace of Exhibitions). In his early, one or two-figure compositions Zemplényi depicted the everyday life of Hungarian peasantry, and the circumstances of the impoverished people. Most often he chose tired and wrinkled old ladies as models. The objects - illuminated by the light coming from outside - fit harmoniously in the brownish tone of the naturalistic painting. The colours of the painting correspond with the sentiments aroused by the theme: the depiction of desolation, loneliness, and transitoriness.