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In the early 1910s, Berény studied the attainments of the school of psychological research connected with the name of Sigmund Freud, and personal expression as such began to play an important role in his works. He projected the peculiar workings of the mind and the instincts not only into his portraits, but also onto the paintings depicting nature, and the interrelationship between man and nature. One of the most significant pieces of this period was the portrait he painted of Béla Bartók. Indeed, Berény was greatly interested in music; he played several instruments, composed music himself, followed the achievements of contemporary music with great attention, and, in his writings about music, he sided with the new music of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.
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