Scenarist of the exhibition: Prof. Traian Niţescu
If the Rumanian exposition at the 1975 Prague Quadrennial were to provide a representative sample, which would not unjustly overlook any Rumanian stage designer and which would at the same time reflect the variety of the work done in this field in the period between 1971 and 1975, it would require a much larger space then the one available at such a broadly based international exhibition as the present one. This fact has of necessity led us to a choice of such work, whose sum would, in the best possible manner, acquaint the visitor of the exhibition with the characteristic traits common to all Rumanian stage designers and which thus determines their place in contemporary theatre art throughout the world. The most valuable creative means are placed into the service of the idea in a work of drama; theatrical space is arranged according to architectural criteria; the technical means available are subjected to the artistic aim of the production; a, permanent contact with the most contemporary developments in stage design is maintained, so that the means of expression used are in harmony with the present and are able to enhance the value of the best traditions of Rumanian stage design.
The exposition of Rumanian stage design is presented as a single whole, but its real dimensions can be understood only on the basis of becoming acquainted with the work of the younger generation, educated at the Nicolae Griorescu Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest. This younger generation, whose most characteristic traits are talent and iniciative, has gained mastery and experience in its own specific manner. We are thus witnesses to the formation of new personalities, who seek their own manner of expression, by means which are subjected to those criteria, which bind up stage design with the surrounding life.
Both Rumanian stage design sections, which are shown at the 1975 Prague Quadrennial, are supplemented by several items concerning theatre architecture. The exhibits show several of the newest buildings, which in recent years have been passed on to the use of both professional and amature theatrical groups.
- Lucu Andreescu
Additional information: Born in 1909 in Bucharest. Studied at the Philosphical Faculty, special line of aesthetics and history of art. Since 1935 he has been engaged in graphic arts, architectural decorations and tapestry designs. Since 1948 he is at work as stage designer and theatre painter. Between 1957 and 1964 he acted as scenic designer of the theatre, puppetry and circus studios at the television. He has participated in exhibitions in Bucharest (1953, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1967), in Montevideo, Berlin and Warsaw. His most important works are the stage design to the plays: The Tempest by W. Shakespeare, An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams, Golem by H. Leivik, The Clock of Prague by Nazim Hikmet, The Witch by A. Goldfaden, The Good Woman of Setzuan by B. Brecht, and also for a number of plays by Rumanian authors as Victor Ion Popa, Mihai Sebastian, Gheorghe Ciprian, Aurel Baranga and others. At present he is at work at the theatre Teatrul Evreesc de Stát in Bucharest.
- Liviu Ciulei
Additional information: Born in 1923. Artiste of Merite of the Rumanian Socialiste Republic. He has worked succesively as an actor, director and since 1946 as a stage designer. He is engaged also in the theatre technics and in the architecture. He participated in the PQ in 1971.
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- Maria-Teodora Dinulescu (Teodora Dinulescu)
Additional information: Born in 1934. She graduated as an architect at the Institute of
Architecture in Bucharest. She works as a stage designer et the
Central Studio of Rumanian Television. Her professional activities
include several areas. She has designed stage sets for va -
rious festivals of popular music, theatrical plays, variety
shows, etc. She has also designed the stage sets and costumes
for various Rumanian theatres, both in Bucharest and elsewhere,
for classical, as well as contemporary plays, among others by J.
P. Sartre, H. Ibsen, R. Rolland, M. Gorki, W. Shakespeare, A.P.
Chekhov, F. Schiller, A. Strindberg, Paul Everac, H. Lovinescu
etc. In 1969 she also designed the sets for Zimmermann´s Oidipus
Rex for the Bratislava Television studio and in that same year
the sets for a television production of Orlando Mirioso by
Ariosto / directed by Luca Ronconi / for Italian Television in
Rome. She participated in a television set design exhibition in
1964, in the National Exhibition of the Successes of the Na -
tional Economy in 1971 and in 1976, which was held at the Television
Pavillion, in the Triennial in Novi Sad in 1972, 1975 and
1978 and also in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971 and 1975. In
1962 she received an Order of Labour of the Illrd degree.
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- Vintila Facaianu
Additional information: Born at Focsani. Studied stage design at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. Since 1965 he has participated in all annual exhibitions of graphic arts in Bucharest, in all regional exhibitions, and furthermore in 1966 in the Exhibition of Stage Design in Bucharest, in the Month of Engravings in Bucharest; in 1963 he had a one man exhibition in Bucharest and in 1969 an individual exhibition of engravings, and he exhibited abroad as well: in Tokyo, Sofia, Montevideo, Warsaw, Memphis, Beirut, Linz, Bern, Damascus, Vienna, Portland (Oregon), Barcelona (Joan Miró), Sao Paulo and in Milan. In 1967 he was awarded the third prize for engravings. His most important designs are the stage sets to the plays: Petru Rareş by Horia Lovinescu, Croitorii cei mari din Valahia - The Big Dressmakers from Valahia by AI. Popescu etc. At present he acts as stage designér at the State Theatre in Ploieşti.
- Dan Jitianu
Additional information: Born in 1940 in Ploeşti. Studied architecture at the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture in Bucharest and completed studies there in 1962. He acts as stage designer in theatre and film, yet he is at work also in the field of architecture, industrial aesthetics, interior decoration and furniture. He is in the employ of ťihe stage design section at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts. His most important designs are stage sets to Rosmersholm and The Ghosts by H. Ibsen and to some plays by various Rumanian authors. At present he is at work as stage designer and architect at the Lucia Sturdza Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest.
- Mihail Madescu (Mihai Madescu)
Dridu
Additional information: Born in 1937; he studied stage design at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He participated in various exhibitions of graphics both at home and abroad /in Iraq, Syria, Libanon/ and in stage design exhibitions held in Bucharest /1964, 1967, 1971, 1976/, in Novi Sad /1972, 1975, 1978/ and in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971 and in 1975. Among his foremost designs are the sets and costumes for Ghelderode' s Fle- mish Visions, Goldsmith´s The Night of Embroilment, Racine' s Britannicus, Beaumarchais' The Wedding of Figaro, Brecht´s The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Life of Galileo, Arden' s Sergant Musgrave' s Dance, Mrozek' s The Exiles, Zindel' s The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Schiller's Don Carlos and for the plays of Rumanian authors such as L. Blaga, E. Oproiu, E. Covali, P. Anghel and others.
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- Virgil Miloia (Virgil Miloia)
Additional information: Born in 1931 in Timişoara. He studied stage design at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts. His most important designs are the stage sets to the plays Rosmersholm by H. Ibsen, Major Barbara by G. B. Shaw, Peace by Aristophanes, and to some plays by Rumanian authors. At present he ist at work as stage designer at the television studios in Bucharest.
- Sanda Musatescu
Additional information: Born in Suceava. Studied stage design at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. Winner of the Prize of Young Actors, Stage Directors and Stage Designers (Bucharest 1954), the Amfora Prize (Bucharest 1969). She took part in the Ljubljana Exhibition in 1969. She has designed a number of stage and costume décors to various classical and modern plays for theatres in Bucharest and elsewhere. Her last work is the scenic design to Henry IV by Pirandello (Helsinki). In Bucharest she has brought into effect stage designs to The Italian Straw Hat by Labiche, and sets for some Rumanian playwrights, e.g. for Lucian Blaga (Meşterul Manole), Iosif Naghiu, Mircea Radu Iacoban, Ch. Vlad, and others. At present she is at work as stage designer at the Giuleşti Theatre.
- Elena Patrascanu-Veakis
Additional information: She graduated as an architect. She has significantly contributed
to the forming of the Tãndãricã Puppet Theatre in Bucharest,
where she was the superintendent in the period 1945-1948. In
the period 1971-1976 she was a professor of stage design composition
at the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. In 1968 she
received an Honorable Mention for stage designs for two plays
produced at the Matei Millo National Theatre in Timoşoara. She
has participated in several exhibitions of stage and costume
designs in Bucharest, as well as in Italy, Poland, The German
Democratic Republic, etc., exhibitions to commemorate the XXVth
anniversary of the liberation of Rumania in 1969, stage design
exhibitions in Novi Sad /1970/ where Rumanian stage designers received
a Bronze Medal and in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971 and
in 1975. Among her foremost designs are the sets and costumes
for productions of plays by Shakespeare, Molière, Chekhov, Gogol, O´ Neill, Tennessee Williams, W. Stevenson, Yannis Ritsos, Vercors,
Labich, as well as plays by contemporary Rumanian play -
wrights, the most important of which include Paul Everac, Dan
Tãrchilã, Mircea Stefãnescu, M. R. Paraschivescu, P.C, Chitic,
etc. She has contributed to the staging of over 100 theatrical
plays in Bucharest and theatres throughout the country.
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- Vasile Penişoara-Stegaru
Additional information: Born in 1934 at Duda-Vaslui in Rumania. Studied stage design at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He took part in the Exhibitions of the Republic in 1966 and 1968, in the Triennial of Scenic Design in 1967, in the Biennial of Painting and Sculpture in 1967 as well as in several inter-district and regional exhibitions within the years from 1964 to 1970, in the Exhibitions of Designs and Engravings in Bucharest in 1967, etc. He concerns himself also with book íllustrations, engravings, mural decoration. His most important designs are stage sets to plays by C. Goldoni, A. P. Chekhov, W. Shakespeare, as well as to plays by various Rumanian authors. At present he acts as stage designer of the National Theatre in Craiova. He participated at the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.
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- Ion Popescu-Udrişte
Additional information: Born 1929 in Vladila Olt. Stage and costume designer at the Comedy Theatre in Bucharest.
Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest.
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- Vladimir Popov
Additional information: Born In 1933 in Bucharest. Studied architecture at the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture in Bucharest. He has been at work in the field of industrial design aesthetics, architecture, architectural decoration, scenic design both for the theatre and the film. His most important designs are stage sets to the plays The Marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais, Macbeth and AIl´s Well that Ends Well by W. Shakespeare, Harap Alb by Ion Creangã, Winterset by M. Anderson, and to a number of plays by modern Rumanian playwrights, as Mihai Sebastian, Marin Sorescu, Paul Anghel, etc. He is the author of the project to the new House of Culture, and of the designs referring to a kinetic theatre. He has participated in numerous exhibitions as for instance in Bucharest (1967), Novi Sad (1966 and 1969) and in Cologne on the Rhine (1968).
- Vasile Roman
Additional information: Born at Suceava in Rumania. Studied stage design at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He took part in the Exhibition for Young Artists in 1963, in the Triennial of Scenic Design in 1967, in the Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture in 1969. In 1961 he was awarded the Third Prize on occasion of the Decade of Original Dramas. He has designed stage sets to plays by C. Goldoni, I. L. Caragiale, A. Birsan G. Panco, Dario Fo and to plays by numerous ether Rumanian and foreign authors. At present he Is full-time lecturer at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts.
- Doina Levinta
* 1939, Bucharest
Additional information: Studied architecture at the College of Technology in Bucharest. She took part in some exhibitions of graphic arts (1961) and of scenic design (1964 and 1966). She is at work as scenic designer at the TV Studio, the Animafilm and at various theatres. Her most important designs are stage sets to plays by Shakespeare (Othello), Moliēre (The Impromptu of Versailles), Ionesco (The New Tenant), Wilde (An Ideal Husband), Důrrenmatt (An Autumn Party), Pirandello (Six Characters in Search of an Author), Faulkner (The Smoke), Caragiale (A Stormy Night), Oproiu (I Am Not the Eiffel Tower) and to many others. She concerns herself also with graphic arts (theatre posters and book illustrations).
Is a known name in the contemporary Rumanian scenography. She has received an Award in 1994 for her excellent activity. Numerous exhibitions in Rumania and abroad (Paris, Monte Carlo, London) known as well as fashion designer.
In 1983, 1987, 1991 and 1995, she participated in the PQ.
- Florica Malureanu
Additional information: Born in 1938 in Bucharest. Graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts, special line of scenic design. She has participated in collective exhibitions, as the PQ 1967 and 1971. In 1970 she was awarded a prize by the Union of Plastic and Graphic Artists for her scenic design to the play Iona by Marin Sorescu, having been staged at the Teatrul Mic in Bucharest.Her most important designs are stage sets to the plays Macbeth and King Lear by W. Shakespeare, The Coffee-House /La bottega del caffé/ by C. Goldoni, Becket by J. Anouilh, Iona by M.Sorescu and The Royal Hunt of the Sun by P. Shaffer. She designed the last-named setting for a Belgrade Theatre. At present she acts as stage designer of the State Theatre in Ploešti. She participated at the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.
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- Mircea Matcaboji
Additional information: Born in 1921, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Iaşi.
He has designed over 150 stage sets for Rumanian state and na -
tional theatres and participated in exhibitions in Bucharest
/1961, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1976/, in Epidaur in 1962, in Montevideo
/1963/, Paris /1963/, Havana /1964/, Cluj /1969/, Novi Sad
/1972, 1975, 1978/ and in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971 and
in 1975. Among his foremost designs are the sets for Shakes- peare´ s Hamlet, A Midsummer Night´ s Dream and Richard III .
He has also designed a number of sets for the plays of Rumanian
playwrights. He has collaborated with.a number of theatres
throughout the country in designing the sets for over 200 productions
of plays by classical, as well as contemporary playwrights,
both from Rumania and abroad. He received a Prize of
the Union of Artists for his stage designs. At present he works
as the stage designer of the National Theatre at Cluj.
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- Paul BORTNOVSKI
Additional information: Born in 1922 in Sinaia. Graduated from the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture in Bucharest. In 1966 he was awarded the First Prize of Stage Design. He participated in several collective stage design exhibitions at home /1964, 1967/ as well as abroad /Poland, Greece, France, Italy, Cuba, Switzerland, Yugoslavia/. His most important works are stage designs to plays by A. P. Chekhov, W. Shakespeare, G. Buchner, O. Wilde, G. B. Shaw, E. O'Neill, M. Gorki, T. Williams, G. Osborne, E. Ionesco, A. Miller, V. Alecsandri, AI. Davila, E. Oproiu, H. Lovinescu, H.M. Sebastian and others. He concerns himself also with architecture, theatrical technique, exhibitions, furniture, industrial design and publications. He has lectured at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest on stage design /1964-1969/ and on industrial design /1970-1971/. He designed settings to six feature films. He has been awarded the title Artist of Merit of the RSR. He participated at the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.
- Traian Niţescu
Additional information: Born 1924 in Băceşti Roman. Stage and costume designer, professor at the Art Institute
Titu Maiorescu in Bucharest. He exhibited in the 1971,1975,1979,1983 and 1987 Prague
Quadrennial.
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- Dan NEMTEANU
Additional information: Born in 1930 at Falticeni. Studied stage design at tne N.Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, and made his debut in 1957. He is a Laureate of tne Second and tne Fourth National Competition for Young Actors, Stage Directors and Scenic Designers held in 1957 and 1962 respectively, as well as the Laureate at the Drama Festival in 1958. He has participated in a number of stage-design exhibitions in Poland, Greece, France, Cuba, Italy, Switzerland and in Yugoslavia. His most important designs are stage sets to the plays The Killer Without Fay, Rhinoceros and The Chairs by E. Ionesco, A Man's a Man and The Caucasian Chalk Circle by B. Brecht, Othello, The Merry Víives of Windsor and Richard II /costumes/ by W. Shakespeare, Cher Antoine and The Lark by J. Anouilh, and to plays by O'Neill, Rostand, Moliere, Musset. He has also designed sets to several Rumanian plays by Eugen Barbu, Alexandru Popescu, Mihai Sebastian, and others. He organized one man expositions, and that in 1968 under the heading Stage Design and Graphic Arts, and in 1970 under the heading In the Garden of Urmuz /designs/. He participated at the Prague Quadrennial in 1971.
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