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Walking Nude is one of the most typical pieces of Béni Ferenczy's post-1930 work. The artist had begun from Hildebrand's ideals, and studied under Bourdelle and Archipenko, but by 1930 he was working under the spell of the Antique and Renaissance ideals of beauty and humanism. The sculptural conception of the statue is perfect, the modelling powerful. The brilliant rendering of the harmonious movement shows complex sculptural comprehension. The expression of the sweeping, bold motions of the figure is natural and well balanced. The characteristics of his other works from the thirties can be seen in this piece, too - sound composition, rich plasticity, inner tension and the smooth bronze surfaces produce a precisely articulated piece of sculpture.
The statues Ferenczy made after Walking Nude show further variations of these sculptural means. Béni Ferenczy was one of the most sensitive artists of his age and a unique master of twentieth-century Hungarian sculpture.
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