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Featured Temple Artists
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Eastern European Artists
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COSTIN JOANID
He is a professor and dean at the University of Fine Arts Bucharest, Romania. Born in Bucharest in 1914. He studied painting, monumental public fresco, graphic ceramics, mosaic, metal and wood. In 1991, at the invitation of Art of Eastern Europe, he spent a month in Israel painting scenes of Israeli life.
MEDIUM: Painting: Oil on Canvas and cardboard.
PRICE RANGE OF ART: $4,000
ARTIST’S STYLE:
He paints landscapes and figurative.
EXHIBITIONS:
Joanid has shown in government-sponsored one-man and group exhibits, both in Romania and internationally. Works have been shown in museums as well as private collections in France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and Bulgaria.
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ELENA HASCHKE MARINESCU
She was born and raised in Galatz, Romania. She graduated in 1961 from North Grigorescu Art School in Bucharest, studying textile arts. In 1974, Marinescu received a scholarship from the Ministry of Science & Research in Vienna.
MEDIUM: Tapestry & Textile
PRICE RANGE OF ARTWORK: $500 to $3,800
ARTIST’S STYLE:
The term “tapestry” is often misused as a synonym for “wall hanging” (i.e. embroidery, textile painting, textile collage, etc.). True “tapestries” are flat hand-woven hanging textiles. The images are created from discontinuous “weft” or horizontal woven yarn. These wefts are interlaced with vertically aligned threads stretched on a vertical loom. This basic structure, the “warp” is usually made out of cotton while the wefts are made from colored wool yarn. A full size tapestry cartoon is placed in back of the warp. The word “cartoon” means a design, plan of sketch that defines the images, the shapes and the colors of the future tapestry. Each tapestry produced requires collaboration between the designer, coordinator and weaver. It can take up to 12 months to produce 50 to 60 square feet of tapestry. Each tapestry is a one-of-a-kind. All of our tapestries are hand made in the true European tapestry tradition.
EXHIBITIONS:
She showed in five one-woman exhibitions in prominent galleries in Bucharest as well as group exhibits in Russia, Poland, Hungry, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria and Yugoslavia.
AWARDS:
In 1977, 1st Prize at the Romanian Festival; in 1971, she won the 1st Class Medal for cultural services.
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ION GRIGORE
Ion Grigore of Romania was born in 1940 in a small village of Corni. As a boy, he herded cattle near his village. He is a very ethical and religious person, shy and modest, a man of few words. He is a professor of art at the University of Fine Art, Bucharest and a graduate of Nicolai Grigoresca Institute in Bucharest and the National Academy of Art in Bucharest.
MEDIUM: Oil Paintings on Canvas
PRICE RANGE OF ARTWORK: $1,160 to $4,600
ARTIST’S STYLE:
He paints landscapes, still life, and mosaic murals and is best known for his church mural paintings. His work, meticulous in every detail, expresses the nostalgic memories of his native village. His works relate events of the peasants’ daily existence and express the natural and spiritual unity and dignity of the village.
EXHIBITIONS:
His works have been exhibited in 27 countries and are displayed in many museums. He has exhibited in Germany, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria, Brazil, China, Egypt, Holland, England, Australia and the United States. A distinguished collection of Grigore’s works can be seen in Denver, Co., at the Art of Eastern Europe Gallery.
AWARDS:
Multiple awards in Romania & Europe, including the prestigious Italian Caravaggio Prize, the Omaggio a Picasso, presented by the Carravaggio Center in Rome 1998; and the international prize, “Giovanne Europa,” presented by the Italian magazine, Teleuropa, in Rome 1980.
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LUCIA GRIGORE
Lucia Grigore of Romania was born in 1945 and presently lives in Bucharest. A tapestry designer and floral painter, she is the wife of internationally known painter Ion Grigore and the mother of the talented tapestry designer and painter, Celina Grigore. She graduated from Nicolai Grigorescu Institute, Bucharest in tapestry design and painting.
MEDIUM: Tapestry as well as Water Color
ARTIST’S STYLE:
The term “tapestry” is often misused as a synonym for “wall hanging” (i.e. embroidery, textile painting, textile collage, etc.). True “tapestries” are flat hand-woven hanging textiles. The images are created from discontinuous “weft” or horizontal woven yarn. These wefts are interlaced with vertically aligned threads stretched on a vertical loom. This basic structure, the “warp” is usually made out of cotton while the wefts are made from colored wool yarn. A full size tapestry cartoon is placed in back of the warp. The word “cartoon” means a design, plan of sketch that defines the images, the shapes and the colors of the future tapestry. Each tapestry produced requires collaboration between the designer, coordinator and weaver. It can take up to 12 months to produce 50 to 60 square feet of tapestry. Each tapestry is a one-of-a-kind. All of our tapestries are hand made in the true European tapestry tradition.
EXHIBITIONS:
Her more recent exhibition was at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles in California in 2004. Also exhibited at Bayeau Gallery in Denver, Co.; Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, Ky.; and, Fort Smith Convention Center in Arkansas, all in 2001.
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VASILE GHEORGHITA
Vasile Gheorghita was born in 1943 in Turda, Romania. He is a professor of design in the schools of art in Moramures and Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He was trained at the Institute of Fine Art in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 1967.
MEDIUM: Painting: Oil and pastel on canvas and paper.
PRICE OF ARTWORK: $1,500 to $1,700
ARTIST’S STYLE:
He paints peasants and urban working class life as well as sensual and elegant nudes much sought after.
EXHIBITIONS:
He has exhibited 41 times in Romania; Paris 1996; with two exhibits in Rome 1998.
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Collections of his work are on permanent display in numerous museums in Romania and in private collections outside Romania.
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CELINA GRIGORE
Celina Grigore of Romania was born in 1968 in Bucharest. Her talent and success as a tapestry designer and painter brought her to the United States, and she now lives in Denver, Colorado. She is a graduate of the National Academy of Art in Bucharest.
MEDIUM: Tapestry as well as Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
ARTIST’S STYLE:
The term “tapestry” is often misused as a synonym for “wall hanging” (i.e. embroidery, textile painting, textile collage, etc.). True “tapestries” are flat hand-woven hanging textiles. The images are created from discontinuous “weft” or horizontal woven yarn. These wefts are interlaced with vertically aligned threads stretched on a vertical loom. This basic structure, the “warp” is usually made out of cotton while the wefts are made from colored wool yarn. A full size tapestry cartoon is placed in back of the warp. The word “cartoon” means a design, plan of sketch that defines the images, the shapes and the colors of the future tapestry. Each tapestry produced requires collaboration between the designer, coordinator and weaver. It can take up to 12 months to produce 50 to 60 square feet of tapestry. Each tapestry is a one-of-a-kind. All of our tapestries are hand made in the true European tapestry tradition.
EXHIBITIONS:
Many exhibitions in Romania and Europe. Works currently on display at Denver Design Center. Her more recent exhibition was at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles in California in 2004. Also exhibited at Bayeau Gallery in Denver, Co.; Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, Ky.; and, Fort Smith Convention Center in Arkansas, all in 2001.
AWARDS:
Her tapestry “The Stage” won Best of Show at the 1993 Art Zone in Denver (an eight-state competition.)
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DRAGOS MORARESCU
Dragos Morarescu waas born in 1923 in Bucharest, Romania. He graduated from the Academy of Architecture, Bucharest in 1947, then studied art at the Facultatea de Litere. He is an antique collector and his house was featured in Casa Lux magazine. In 1989, he spent three months in Denver, Co. as a working artist guest of Art of Eastern Europe. Aspen Fine Arts Gallery in Aspen, Co. sold over 30 of his paintings.
MEDIUM: Painting: Pastel & Oil
PRICE RANGE OF ARTWORK: $ 2,700
ARTIST’S STYLE:
He is known as a decorative artist. Morarescu lends toward expressionism and paints colorful and vibrant landscapes and nudes.
EXHIBITIONS:
His work is exhibited in museums and private collections in Romania, Greece, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Australia, Japan and the United States.
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GRIGORE SPIRESCU
He was born and raised in Bucharest, Romania in 1922. Spirescu graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest where he later became a fine arts professor until retirement. Married to Marieta Spirescu who transforms her husband’s paintings into tapestries.
MEDIUM: Painting: Oil on Canvas or cardboard.
PRICE RANGE OF ARTWORK: $2,800 to $5,000
ARTIST’S STYLE:
His work is bold and full of energy, leaning toward abstractionism. He paints cityscapes and village life.
EXHIBITIONS:
Seven one-man exhibits in Romania between 1947 to 1978. Also one-man exhibits in Paris and Praque in 1968. Moscow in 1969, Brussels in 1977 and Vienna in 1979.
AWARDS:
Anastasie Simu Prize in 1947. 1st Prize at Dalas Gallery Exposition in 1945 (painting “Old Bucharest”).
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MARIETA SPIRESCU
She was born and raised in Bucharest, Romania in 1928. Spirescu graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest. Married to artist Grigore Spirescu. They met at the university.
MEDIUM: Tapestry design & weaving
ARTIST’S STYLE:
She has become well known for her transformation of her husband’s paintings into tapestries.
The term “tapestry” is often misused as a synonym for “wall hanging” (i.e. embroidery, textile painting, textile collage, etc.). True “tapestries” are flat hand-woven hanging textiles. The images are created from discontinuous “weft” or horizontal woven yarn. These wefts are interlaced with vertically aligned threads stretched on a vertical loom. This basic structure, the “warp” is usually made out of cotton while the wefts are made from colored wool yarn. A full size tapestry cartoon is placed in back of the warp. The word “cartoon” means a design, plan of sketch that defines the images, the shapes and the colors of the future tapestry. Each tapestry produced requires collaboration between the designer, coordinator and weaver. It can take up to 12 months to produce 50 to 60 square feet of tapestry. Each tapestry is a one-of-a-kind. All of our tapestries are hand made in the true European tapestry tradition.
EXHIBITIONS:
Her work has been exhibited in Romania and internationally.
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