Mystic India Through Art by Farkas, Sass B.E.; Elizabeth Brunner - 1937

Bombay: Thomas Cook & Sons, 1937. Hardcover. 130p. hardcover, boards covered with gold brocade, corners bumped, spine ends rubbed. Introductory material includes tributes from Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. Card tipped in at rear invites the reader to contact the artists c/o Thomas Cook and Sons; publisher otherwise not stated. Works by two Hungarian artists. An introductory essay by Professor P. Seshadri begins, "It is a long way from India to Hungary, but there can be no limitations of country, race or religion in the appreciation of art. India should, therefore, extend a cordial welcome to Mrs. Sass Brunner and Miss Elizabeth Brunner, whose work is represented in these pages. Apart from the general interest which the Fine Arts ought to evoke in those with any aesthetic sense, Mrs. and Miss Brunner have a special claim on the attention of the people of this country, as they love this land and have made it their temporary home, to understand, in some measure, the charm and mystery of its age-long life and civilisation. In spite of having been born and brought up in an entirely different atmosphere, amidst physical surroundings of another type, they have heard the call of India and have responded to it, by their journey into this land and thanks these successful attempts at the interpretation of India's mind and soul.