{"id":2043662,"date":"2013-01-18T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/romagazin\/en\/product\/art-anniversaries-commemorations\/"},"modified":"2021-03-12T08:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T08:00:46","slug":"art-anniversaries-commemorations","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/magazin.romfilatelia.ro\/en\/product\/art-anniversaries-commemorations\/","title":{"rendered":"ART &#8211; ANNIVERSARIES, COMMEMORATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Arta_M.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2002976 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Arta_M-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"4.1.1\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cArt is not what you see, but what you make others see.\u201d &#8211; Edgar Degas<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This year, on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of Nicolae Grigorescu\u2019s birth and the 145th anniversary of Stefan Luchian\u2019s birth, <strong>Romfilatelia<\/strong> introduces into circulation the postage stamps issue entitled <strong><em>Art &#8211; Anniversaries, Commemorations<\/em><\/strong> as an homage paid to these artistic personalities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stefan Luchian (1868 &#8211; 1916)<\/em><\/strong>, also known as <em>the plastic painter of flowers<\/em>, graduated from the National Fine Arts School in 1889 and got the bronze medal for \u201c<em>Cap de expresie\u201d <\/em>(Headexpression) and <em>\u201cStudiu dup\u0103 natur\u0103\u201d <\/em>(Study after nature). In the same year he left forMunich and then forParis.<\/p>\n<p>1896 is the year of his recognition since he was one of the main initiators of the Independent Artists\u2019 Exhibition inBucharest.<\/p>\n<p>In 1900, he participated with two pastels at the Universal Exhibition inParis. In the same year, the first manifestations of the disease appeared, tormenting him until his death &#8211; multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of his life, Stefan Luchian started painting assiduously still lives with flowers concentrating all his passion for nature, life and beauty. Luchian\u2019s <em>\u201cFlowers\u201d<\/em> have that solemn simplicity that makes them great masterpieces.<\/p>\n<p>On the postage stamp with the face value of <strong>4.50 lei<\/strong>, is illustrated the painting <em>\u201cAutoportret\u201d<\/em> (Self-portrait), a simple composition reflecting the ill tormented soul of the artist presented here as a creator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicolae Grigorescu (1838 &#8211; 1907)<\/strong> is, along with Stefan Luchian and Ion Andreescu, one of the first founders of the Romanian modern painting.<\/p>\n<p>In the period 1856 &#8211; 1857, he painted the newChurchofZamfira Monastery, and then, between 1858 and 1861, theChurchofAgapia Monastery.<\/p>\n<p>In 1861 he left forParisat the Fine Arts School where he would meet Renoir. Then, atBarbizonhe improved his artistic education that would be later distinguished by paintings exhibited at the Universal Exhibition inParis(1867) and the Salon.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1873 and 1874 he travelled for study toAustria,ItalyandGreece.<\/p>\n<p>During the Independence War, he was present as a \u201cbattlefield painter\u201d at Grivita, Smardan and Rahova, and the fights of the Romanian army would be immortalized in masterpieces of the Romanian painting that remained as genuine historical documents for the gaining of our state independence.<\/p>\n<p>He worked a long period inFrance, mainly inBrittany, and between 1891 and 1904 he had personal exhibitions at the Romanian Athenaeum.<\/p>\n<p>1899 is the year when Nicolae Grigorescu became an honorary member of theRomanianAcademy.<\/p>\n<p>On the postage stamp with the face value of <strong>9.10 lei<\/strong>, is illustrated the painting <em>\u201cAutoportret\u201d<\/em> (Self-portrait), an artwork from the artist\u2019s youth, that he was very fond of and kept it in his workshop in Campina until his death.<\/p>\n<p>The border of the souvenir sheet illustrates the painting <em>\u201cFete lucr\u00e2nd la poart\u0103\u201d<\/em> (Girls spinning at the gate), a vast composition, having as subject a popular tradition widely spread in the Romanian villages, but whose main character is the rich in vegetation landscape of the village\u2019s alley, lighted by the strong sun\u2019s rays.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We thank the National Art Museum of Romania for the support granted in the accomplishment of this postage stamps issue.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Issue date: 2013-01-18<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Arta_box.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2002977 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/romfilatelia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Arta_box.jpg\" alt=\"Arta_box\" width=\"750\" height=\"622\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cArt is not what you see, but what you make others see.\u201d &#8211; 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