For the first time, the volume discusses the creative period of Tibor Csernus and his "followers", also called supernaturalists and magical realists, in the context of ideological and cultural history. Csernus was not really a surrealist, nor was he a naturalist in a stylistic sense, since his goal was actually to develop a modern painting realism, which, however, led him spectacularly into the problem of the parallel use of various artistic traditions and "languages" (realism, naturalism, surrealism). Similar aesthetic and political tensions shaped the vision of supernaturalism and magical realism for László Lakner, Ákos Szabó, László Gyémánt, Gyula Konkoly, György Korga, Ferenc Kóka and Dórá Maurer.