Maria Rusescu
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Maria Rusescu is a Romania
n painter.
from Northern Bukovina at the beginning of 1940. Maria Rusescu was a textile engineer (graduating in 1959 from Institutul Politehnic Iaşi) who worked for SC IAŞICOMF SA Iaşi, from where she retired in 1990.
. Later, she became fascinated by the work of artist Constantin Daniel Stahi
, whom she considered a spiritual mentor.
As a result Rusescu established the "Constantin Daniel Stahi
" Foundation in 1993 in Iași, coordinating its activities until 2007. After 1990 she participated in several local and national (Romanian) exhibitions.
Influenced by the works of Stahi, Rusescu's paintings oscillate between a native sincerity and the attempt to accurately represent, in a classical manner, religious objects or peasant traditional subjects enveloped in a particular light, creating the appearance of a world long gone where everything contained perfection and equilibrium.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n painter.
Early life
Rusescu's parents, Filaret and Zamfira Andrişan, moved to IaşiIasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
from Northern Bukovina at the beginning of 1940. Maria Rusescu was a textile engineer (graduating in 1959 from Institutul Politehnic Iaşi) who worked for SC IAŞICOMF SA Iaşi, from where she retired in 1990.
Artistic career
Rusescu's first paintings, dated 1974, are reproductions, in particular, after the work of Theodor AmanTheodor Aman
Theodor Aman was a Romanian painter of Armenian descent. His style is often considered to be a predecessor of Impressionism.He is buried in Bellu cemetery.-External links:...
. Later, she became fascinated by the work of artist Constantin Daniel Stahi
Constantin Daniel Stahi
Constantin Daniel Stahi was a Romanian painter and gravure artist.-Biography:In 1862 he entered the National School of Fine Arts from Iaşi where he was taught by Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare and Gheorghe Şiller...
, whom she considered a spiritual mentor.
As a result Rusescu established the "Constantin Daniel Stahi
Constantin Daniel Stahi
Constantin Daniel Stahi was a Romanian painter and gravure artist.-Biography:In 1862 he entered the National School of Fine Arts from Iaşi where he was taught by Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare and Gheorghe Şiller...
" Foundation in 1993 in Iași, coordinating its activities until 2007. After 1990 she participated in several local and national (Romanian) exhibitions.
Influenced by the works of Stahi, Rusescu's paintings oscillate between a native sincerity and the attempt to accurately represent, in a classical manner, religious objects or peasant traditional subjects enveloped in a particular light, creating the appearance of a world long gone where everything contained perfection and equilibrium.
Recognition:
- 1990: Diploma de gradul I, Group exhibition, Aleea Clasicilor, Chişinău, MoldovaMoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
, 3rd Prize at Annual Salon of the "Asociaţia Artiştilor Plastici" (AAP) from Iaşi. - 1994: 3rd Prize "Arthur Verona" Artists Exhibition, Minerva Gallery, Dorohoi.
- 2000: 2nd Prize for the painting "Mama" (The Mother) at the AAP Iaşi Spring Salon.
- 2003: 3rd Prize for the painting "Moara, gîştele şi noi" (The mill, the geese and us) at the AAP Iaşi Spring Salon, "Casa Cărţii" Gallery, Iaşi.