Dionisie Popa
Dionisie Popa (born May 19, 1938 in Cluj , † 2005 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian glass artist and designer. He was one of the most important in his country.
Life
After completing elementary school and high school in Blaj , Dionisie Popa began studying glass design at the National University of the Arts Bucharest (then Institutul de Arte Plastice " Nicolae Grigorescu " ) and graduated in 1970. He then settled in Bucharest until the end of his life low.
Work in public
Dionisie Popa created, among other things, an oversized glass spider for the park in Făgăraș , participated in the creation and design of the lighting for the Bucharest National Theater Ion Luca Caragiale ( Teatrul Naţional Ion Luca Caragiale ) and created the foundation board for the Iron Gate 1 power plant at the Iron Gate 1 power plant on the Danube .
Prices
- 1977: Honorary diploma from the Coburg Glass Prize
- 1984: Premiul Artiştilor Plastici din România pentru Artă Decorativă (Romanian Fine Arts Prize for Decorative Art) , Bucharest
- 1997: Premiul Muzeului Naţional Cotroceni (Prize of the National Cotroceni Museum) , Bucharest
Exhibitions (selection)
Personal exhibitions
- 1981: Accademia di Romania , Rome
- 1992: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus , Düsseldorf
- 1996: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus, Düsseldorf
- 1999: Brukenthal Museum , Sibiu , Romania (together with Daniela Făiniș )
- Further individual shows in Berlin , Botoșani , Brussels , Bucharest and Timișoara .
Group exhibitions
- 1979: Corning Museum of Glass , New York
- 1982: Musée des Arts Décoratifs , Paris
- Further participation in exhibitions in Kanazawa , Lucerne and Valencia .
Publicly owned works
In addition to the museums in Buzău , Dorohoi , Medgidia , Tulcea and Valencia, Dionisie's works are also in the following collections:
- Corning Museum of Glass , New York
- Muzeul de Artă Vizuală Galaţi , Galați
- Muzeul Țării Crișurilor , Oradea , Romania
- Lemberk Castle , Okres Liberec , Czech Republic
- Art collection of the Veste Coburg , Coburg
literature
- Lexically
- Octavian Barbosa: Dicţionarul artiştilor români contemporani (Lexicon of Contemporary Romanian Artists). Meridiane Verlag, Bucharest 1976
- Others
- Silvia Pop, Daniel Voina: Artişti plastici blăjeni (Blajer visual artists). Astra Verlag, Blaj 2008, ISBN 978-973-7704-37-5 , pp. 96-104.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Popa, Dionisie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian glass artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cluj-Napoca |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2005 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |