In the early 1930s, artists returning to traditions of the Nagybánya school frequented Gresham Café where the name was later taken from. Members of the Gresham Group belonged to different generation, e.g. Róbert Berény used to be a member of The Eight but then he chose a more decorative style (Woman Playing the Violoncello, 1928). After an expressionist period, Aurél Bernáth returned to a painting dominated by view with the picture Riviera (1926-27), a landmark in his art. Besides self-portraits (Self-Portrait in Yellow Coat, 1930), he applied the motif of windows to create a link between interiors and nature (Morning, 1927). After settling down in Zebegény, István Szőnyi developed a style of his own following neo-classicism of the 1920s: he portrayed people and everyday life in villages (Funeral in Zebegény, 1928). The first artistic period of József Egry was connected to Lake Balaton. His pictures were dominated by atmospheric effects but pictures with changing light became lighter and lighter (Badacsony, around 1930) where figures of biblical and religious events appeared (St. Christopher by Lake Balaton, 1927).
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