Budapest’s Színes Város (“Colorful City”) civil organization strives to beautify the often-dilapidated or drab walls that are found all around Budapest with vividly colorful murals. Their newest creation is a “library shelf” on the side of a Catholic parish building in the city’s Óbuda district, which is now adorned with oversized portrayals of the novels by notable Hungarian author and Óbuda resident Gyula Krúdy.
The Színes Város Group regularly provides opportunities for several significant contemporary artists to enhance bare walls around town with humongous murals; this time, a 350-square-meter-large wall in Óbuda was adorned with a colorful mural based on the plans of Hungarian artist Katalin Benkő. The side of the Catholic parish building at Tanuló Street 1 was turned into a library shelf, decorated with the notable novels of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy. In the near future, a promenade bearing the name of the prominent author, a former resident of Óbuda, will also be established here. A total of 10-12 artists worked on this mural for about two weeks, using nearly 220 liters of paint.
