LAJOS SZALAY BUDAP EST Lajas Szalay is per- haps one of the most talented of the rising generation of artists who studied at the Budapest Academy of Arts. Szalay is still a young artist; vigorous and enthusiastic, he lives in his own visio- nary world. His me dium is the pen, in the use of which he is a past master and he possesses, moreover, the gift of keen Ob servation. His form of expression is fre- quently vigorous, even sarcastic at times. To some his drawings may appear distorted. Nevertheless they re- veal an intense urge 32