George Ștefănescu
George Ștefănescu-Râmnic (born April 20, 1914 in Plăineşti , today Dumbrăveni , Vrancea district ; † October 29, 2007 ) was a Romanian painter and set designer . Since 1989 he lived in Lüdinghausen . From 1945 to 2004 numerous exhibitions took place at home and abroad.
Life
George Ștefănescu was born in the municipality of Plaineşti, Romania , between the cities of Focşani and Râmnicu Sărat . His father Gheorghe came from a Macedonian family from Bitolia ( Macedonia ). His mother, Sanda, née Catanaru, came from the parish of Crucea de Jos, Vrancea county . From 1926 to 1933 he attended high school in the city of Râmnicu Sărat . His art teacher recommended him to the church painter Constantinescu, whose apprentice he - besides the school - became.
After graduating from high school in 1933, he went to Bucharest . For the entrance examination to the Academy of Fine Arts, he took lessons from the painter Theodorescu-Sion, a recognized art personality. In this studio he had the future painter Geo Zlotescu as a colleague. From 1933 to 1936 the painter studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest (today: National University of the Arts Bucharest ) in the class of the painter Nicolae Darascu .
The early years
In 1936, George Stefanescu had his first solo exhibition in an art gallery in Bucharest. Immediately afterwards he went on a study trip to Vrancea and Balcic . In 1937 he spends in an artillery officer's school. This is followed by an exhibition in Craiova with the writer Ion Ionescu, who presents his novel “People with Bukie”. Subsequently, George Stefanescu received the order for fashion design in Bucharest. His professional career leads him to the construction company SONACO, where he works as an employee. He becomes a member of the Romanian Fine Arts Syndicate and studies the private art seminar "ZAPAN", which was professor of painters such as Lucian Grigorescu , Platon Cazanovici and Mihail Gheorghiță . Together with the fresco painter Alexandru Mazilescu (who lived in the USA) he carried out wall painting assignments in 1938 . He also gets the opportunity to visit the famous wall paintings of the monasteries in Bukovina . George Stefanescu did his military service from 1940 to 1944 in the Crimea , where he was seriously injured on his return. In 1945 George Stefanescu attended seminars in directing and set design at ARLUS under the direction of Professor Ion Sava. In the following two years he worked as an employee at the film production company "Filmul Popular - Volksfilm", where he was later to become head of the film laboratory and director of the Mogosoaia cinema laboratory. At the same time he works in his own advertising studio for the film industry . In 1951, George Stefanescu became an employee of the Ministry of Electric Power, where he was director of the country's electrical chain. Five years later he works in his own design studio and workshop for lamps and accessories in Bucharest. When his health stabilized in 1957, he met his former professor and later friend Nicolae Darascu, who inspired him to paint again. In summer he paints landscapes again near Bucharest (Cernica, Pasărea, Băneasa, Mogoşoaia).
Bucharest Municipal Theater
1958 Production Director at the Municipal Theater “Lucia Sturdza Bulandra” in Bucharest. Became a member of the Union of Fine Artists of Romania. 1959: The theater director, the renowned actress and grande dame du theater Lucia Sturdza Bulandra knew him as a student of the director and set designer professor Ion Sava and gave him the set design for the play “Când vei fi intrebat - When you are asked” by the dramaturge Dorel Dorian. Designed the decor as well as the costumes for it. Study trip to Timișoara and the surrounding area, where he mainly painted landscapes and peasant portraits.
1960 commissioned portrait of the most famous actor Tony Bulandra for the Museum of the National Theater in Bucharest. Set designer and costumes for the play "Mamouret" by Jean Sermet. Theater tour to Budapest / Hungary . He stayed in Budapest for another month to settle the matter. On the occasion he painted oil paintings , watercolors , drew and made friends with Hungarian painters. These works were exhibited in the theater foyer in Bucharest on his return .
Ștefănescu's studio
1961 set designer and costumes for the play "Întoarcerea - The Return" by Mihail Beniuc. The Union of Fine Artists of Romania provided him with his own studio in the Gheorghe Tattarescu Museum . Solo exhibition in the Municipal Theater "Lucia Sturdza Bulandra" in Bucharest. 1962 set designer and costumes for the play "Camera fierbinte - The hot room" by AI Ștefănescu. Solo exhibition in the theater with a set designer, costumes, as well as oil painting, watercolors and graphics .
Was visited by Misu Weinberg, the most influential art collector in his studio. The result was an exchange-rich collector-artist relationship that lasted for years until Misu Weinberg's death. Ștefănescu's works were in Misu Weinberg's art collection, alongside Romanian masters such as Theodor Pallady , Gheorghe Petrașcu , Iser and others. a. set up. The Romanian art collectors discovered him in the company of Misu Weinberg and afterwards alone in his studio.
1963 stage designer, costumes and theater puppets for the play "Război și pace - War and Peace " based on Lew Tolstoy by Alfred Neumann , Erwin Piscator , Guntram Prüfer . For the first time in Romania, Ștefănescu combined traditional set designers with slide projections on the stage . Set designer for the play "Portretul - The Portrait" by Al. Voitin. Study visit to the Black Sea coast near Tuzla. 1964 set designer salon in Bucharest. Set designer for the play "Fii cuminte Cristofor - Be good Christofor" by Aurel Baranga.
1965 Salon of Fine Arts of the City of Bucharest. Solo exhibition at the Gheorghe Tattarescu Museum. Exhibition catalog with a foreword by Nestor Ignat and a text by Misu Weinberg. Study visit to Schäßburg . 1966 study trip to Bulgaria , to the Black Sea coast, where he paints watercolors. Study stay in the Danube Delta and on the Romanian Black Sea coast.
1967 Set designer and costumes for the play "Poetul și revoluția - The Poet and the Revolution" by Vladimir Mayakovsky , screenplay by Valeriu Moisescu and Dinu Negreanu. Set designer for the play "Luceafărul - The Evening Star" by Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea. He performed the same performance as an open air light and sound show on the grounds of the Mogoșoaia Palace. In May, participation in the Spring Salon of the City of Bucharest in the Herastrau Park . Study visit to the Danube Delta and Sibiu .
1968 In May solo exhibition of oil paintings and watercolors in the exhibition room of the Gheorghe Tattarescu Museum. Exhibition catalog texts by Florin Colonas. In his compositions for women the egg-shaped elements appeared, which became a characteristic of his painting. The Romanian art critic Petru Comarnescu became aware of his painting. Set designer and costumes for the play "Sfârșitul pământului - The End of the Earth" by Victor Eftimiu.
1969 Salon of Fine Arts of the City of Bucharest. Costumes for the play "Strigoii - Ghosts " by Ibsen . December 1969 - February 1970 - Participation in the exhibition "Art roumain contemporain" at the Baccache gallery in Beirut . Study visit to Brașov .
The 1970s
1970 Solo exhibition at Galerie Simeza Bucharest. Costumes for the play "Puricele in ureche - The flea in the ear" by Georges Faydeau / sets by Liviu Ciulei . Set designer for the play "Contrapuncte - Kontrapunkte" by Paul Everac. Costumes for the film "Pădurea spânzuraților - The Forest of the Hanged", directed by Liviu Ciulei. Traveling exhibition "Romanian Art" in Lüdenscheid Germany, Orly France, Vienna Austria and Watts-Art Gallery in New York USA. Study visit to Sibiu and Sighișoara . 1971 Salon for Fine Arts in the Romanian Atheneum / Bucharest.
1972 Salon for Fine Arts in the gallery Dalles / Bucharest. Set designer for the play "Patru oameni fără nume - Four people without names" by Radu Badila. Costumes for the play "Povestiri din pădurea vieneză - Stories from the Vienna Woods " by Ödön von Horváth , directed by Al. Toscani.
1973 Solo exhibition at Simeza Gallery / Bucharest. Foreword to the exhibition catalog: Traian Stoica. Presentation of the order “Meritul cultural - The cultural merit”.
1974 stage designer for the play “Între noi nu a fost decât tăcerea - Between us there was only silence” by Lia Crișan . Quit his theatrical activity and devoted himself entirely to painting . Participation in the Salon for Fine Art of the City of Bucharest in the gallery Dalles.
1975 Participation in the exhibition "12 Romanian Painters" in Hamburg . His studio became an artist center and meeting place for critics and art collectors. Study trip to Czechoslovakia . Study visit to Mediaș and Bazna .
1976 Solo exhibition at Galerie Caminul Artei Bucharest. Critical texts by Dan Grigorescu and Virgil Mocanu. Study visit to Breaza , a health resort preferred by painters.
1977 Romania faced the largest earthquake since 1940. Although his studio was spared, 1977 was not a year with cultural events. 1978 study visit to Bazna, Buziaș and Covasna.
1979 Salon for Fine Arts of the City of Bucharest. Solo exhibition in the art gallery of the city of Bucharest "Galeriile de Arta ale Municipiului București". Exhibition catalog with a preface by the university art professor Dan Grigorescu, who also gives the opening speech. Participation in the exhibition "Contemporary East European Paintings" in Tokyo .
The 1980s
1980 Salon for Fine Arts of the City of Bucharest in the Dalles Gallery. Study visit to Covasna. 1981–1982 study visit to Covasna, Azuga and in the Bistrița-Năsăud district . 1983 Solo exhibition in the art gallery of the city of Bucharest "Galeriile de Arta ale Municipiului București". Exhibition catalog texts : museographer Gheorghe Cosma and the poet and journalist Radu Carneci.
1984 Solo exhibitions in Willebroek - Belgium and Werdohl - Germany. 1985 Solo exhibition at the Hagenring Gallery in Hagen , Germany. 1987 The art publisher "Meridiane" published an art monograph in the series "Romanian Painters". The texts were written by the art critic Adriana Bobu (now Paris ).
In the trade press in the series of articles “Comori de Arta ale Capitalei - Art Treasures of the Capital”, a report by the art expert Constantza Iliescu appeared on his picture “The Dancers”. Several pages were devoted to his painting in a Chinese-language magazine about Romania. In 1988 the art critic Theodor Redlow dedicated several pages of color illustrations of his works to him in the specialist magazine “ARTA”.
Germany
1989 moved to Germany. Exhibitions in Harsewinkel and Ennepetal . Opening: art critic Hermann Hirschberg.
1990 Exhibition in Bremen in the Helmar H.Veltzke gallery. Introduction to journalist and art critic Hans Peter Labonte. The book "Mărturisiri și reflecții ale unui colecționar de artă" by the writer and art lover Dorina Munteanu was published in Romania, reporting on all the classical modern Romanian masters. Exhibition in the art gallery Galeria in Bremen. The exhibition "George Ștefănescu - New Paths - New Pictures" in the Queens Hotel in Bremen. Texts by Hans Peter Labonte. Dec. - The exhibition "Father and Son in the Mirror of Art" in Lüdinghausen . Opening: Coesfeld district cultural advisor Jenny Sarrazin.
1991 Participation in the exhibition "9 Artists from Lüdinghausen" in the Vischering Castle in Lüdinghausen. Foreword to the exhibition catalog: Falco Herleman. 1992 Dülmen : Exhibition "New Paths - New Pictures". Bocholt and Ahaus exhibitions with the Hamalandkreis. 1994/1995 Solo exhibition: Private collection Skillykorn / Singapore . Inclusion of one of his pictures in Romanian school books alongside pictures of other Romanian art classics.
1996–1997 Solo exhibitions: Galerie Noran / Lüdinghausen / Münster and Galerie Wöhrle / Hamm . 1998 Solo exhibitions: Haus Hünenburg / Bremen, Galerie Käthner Böke / Leer and Galerie Noran / Lüdinghausen. 1999 Solo exhibition at Sparkasse Lüdinghausen.
2003 Solo exhibition: "The Big Bird" in the gallery Klostermühle Heiligeberg and Volksbank Achim . 2004 The Lüdinghauser Kulturforum KAKTus honors the artist George Ștefănescu, who lives in Steverstadt, with the special exhibition "Light and Color" on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Works (selection)
- 1936: Natura moartă cu muscata , Germany, private property
- 1936: Peisaj la Balcic , Romania, private property
- 1951: Natura moartă , still life , Romania, private property
- 1967: Autoportret , Self-portrait , Romania, private collection
- 1967: Sighișoara - Schäßburg , Romania, private property
- 1968: La scăldat , Romania, private property
- 1975: Crucifixion , Romania, private property
- 1980: Harlequin , Romania, private property
- 1982: Alegorie , Germany, private property
- 1993: Storm of Thoughts , Germany, private property
- 1999: The Conversation , Germany, private property
- 2002: Woman in blue , Germany, private property
Works in the possession of public and private collections in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Japan, Canada, Cuba, Lebanon, Mexico, Austria, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and among others in the USA.
reception
“George Ștefănescu knows how to express his inner spiritual and spiritual experience, his emotions and emotions when looking at a certain motif through an appropriate color design of the picture.
He is a gifted colourist , and it is the wondrous melodic and harmonious play of colors that forces us to stop in front of his pictures and immerse ourselves in them.
The more attentively we look at these pictures, the deeper we immerse ourselves in them, the more we are moved by their lyrical mood, and it is clear to us what Leonardo da Vinci meant when he said "Painting is poetry made visible!"
literature
- Adriana Bobu: George Ștefănescu. Art monograph in the series Romanian painters. Meridians, Bucharest 1987.
- Art exhibition in Vischering Castle. 1991.
- Artist lexicon for Münster and the surrounding area. 1996.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary (rum.) ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ibsen: The play "Ghosts" .
- ^ Ödön von Horváth: The play "Stories from the Vienna Woods" .
- ↑ Contemporary East European Paintings: Exhibition catalog ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Exhibitions in Belgium and Germany: Exhibition catalog ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Theodor Redlow: Profile George Ştefănescu ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Revista "Arta" Anul XXXV, No. 3, 1988, p. 10.
- ↑ Falco Herleman: Exhibition in Vischering Castle ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: exhibition catalog. 1991.
- ↑ The Big Bird: Exhibition in the Klostermühle Heiligeberg Gallery ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Light and Color: Exhibition in Lüdinghausen ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Hermann Hirschberg: Exhibition in Ennepetal ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Foreword to the vernissage. 1989.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ștefănescu, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ștefănescu-Râmnic, George (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian painter and set designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plăineşti , now Dumbrăveni , Vrancea County |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 2007 |