Maria Rusescu

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Maria Rusescu
Born(1936-09-07)7 September 1936
Ciudei, Storojineţ County, Romania (now Chudei, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine)
NationalityRomanian
Known forPainting

Maria Rusescu (born 7 September 1936) is a Romanian painter.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Rusescu's parents, Filaret and Zamfira Andrişan, moved to Iaşi 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[edit]

Rusescu's first paintings, dated 1974, are reproductions, in particular, after the work of Theodor Aman. Later, she became fascinated by the work of artist Constantin Daniel Stahi, whom she considered a spiritual mentor.[1] As a result, Rusescu established the "Constantin Daniel Stahi" Foundation in 1993 in Iași, coordinating its activities until 2007.[2] 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.[3]

Recognition[edit]

  • 1990: Diploma de gradul I, Group exhibition, Aleea Clasicilor, Chişinău, Moldova, 3rd Prize at Annual Salon of the Asociaţia Artiştilor Plastici from Iaşi.
  • 1994: 3rd Prize "Arthur Verona" Artists Exhibition, Minerva Gallery, Dorohoi.
  • 2000: 2nd Prize for the painting "Mama" (The Mother) at the Asociaţia Artiştilor Plastici Iaşi Spring Salon.
  • 2003: 3rd Prize for the painting "Moara, gîştele şi noi" (The mill, the geese and us) at the Asociaţia Artiştilor Plastici Iaşi Spring Salon, "Casa Cărţii" Gallery, Iaşi.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bălăceanu, 2005, p. 103
  2. ^ Bălăceanu, 2001, p. 119
  3. ^ Bălăceanu, 2001, p. 119
  4. ^ Bălăceanu, 2005, p. 103
  5. ^ Bălăceanu, 2001, p. 120
  1. Gheorghe Bălăceanu: Să ne cunoaştem artiştii în viaţă. Editura Timpul, Iaşi, 2001.
  2. Gheorghe Bălăceanu: Fragmente de suflet pentru suflet. Editura PIM, Iaşi, 2005.
  3. Artists Association of Iasi, Romania - Asociația Artiștilor Plastici Iași aapIASI.ro.
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