They were part of the radical intellectual culture in Budapest in the early 20th century, associated with such poets as Endre Ady and composers as Béla Bartók.

Other members included Károly Kernstok, Béla Czóbel, Róbert Berény, Ödön Márffy, Dezső Orbán, Lajos Tihanyi and Bertalan Pór.

[3] While they had just three exhibits as a group, the painters were influential as part of the radical intellectual life in the city, and participated in related events in literature and music; they were important through 1918.

[4] Among the writers and composers involved with The Eight was Endre Ady, and Czigány was one of at least four men who painted a portrait of this pivotal figure and friend in the early 20th century.

"[7] Unlike several members of the group who left in 1919 after the fall of the Hungarian Democratic Republic, Czigány stayed in Hungary for most of his career.

[1][8] Shortly after the end of World War II, a solo retrospective exhibition was held in Budapest to honor Czigány's art work.

[2] The opening of the Eastern Bloc in the late twentieth century has stimulated renewed interest in these artists who introduced modernist movements.