1979 » Romania » Stage and costume design

RUMUNSKO

Rumanian stage designers are participating in the Prague Quadrennial for the third time. In an attempt to present the most representative selection, the Rumanian national section has conceived its exposition is such a manner, that it does not give well-known artists predominance, but places them together with the others, in order to stress the fact that in the course of the recent four year period certain specific trends have been manifest, which deserve to be examined. These are: - a differentiation of artistic expression} - unity in concepts. These characteristic trends are especially stressed in designs which always have the same criteria as their foundation: the shaping of ideas, collaboration with other artists who participate in the making of a performance, a rejection of the use of the visual arts as an end to itself and subjecting technology to artistic aims. Set designs for television, which are represented in our national section for the first time, form a part of the whole they serve to supplement end confirm the dominant characteristics of Rumanian stage design, while at the same time demonstrating the endeavors of their creators to find in this field specific me - thuds for the television productions of tomorrow. Special attention is devoted to stage designs for the puppet theatre their presence in our national exposition clearly demonstrates the opportunities of selection and synthesis open to Rumanian stage designers, which are in accord with the existing state of their creative work in this field} in their work they have achieved significant successes both at home and abroad. The selection of exhibits and the method of their representation aims at acquainting the public both with collectives and individuals, with their innermost manner of artistic expression and their new means of realization. Our national section also includes the designs of students which have been produced in various stages of their study. Our aim is to demonstrate the contribution which Rumanian stage design schools have made to the prestige of our theatre, as well as the methodology they use and how they are able to teach the profession to young and talented people, while at the same time artistically influencing and forming them into really creative people. A substantial part of our exposition is devoted to stage and television sets which the students must, according to the curriculum, design during their last year of study, before they obtain a degree. In our opinion it is our obligation to discover talent and initiative among the members of the new generation of creative artists, as they are manifest in their actual work, as well as to see to it that they master all technical aspects already during their studies. These practical activities undertaken in connection with an actual theatrical performance, provide the young generation with the opportunity to verify its aspirations during contacts with collaborators of the same generation and under actual working conditions}together with the future users of their stage designs they thus form criteria for the future according to which young artists will be able to judge the work they will be called upon to do in the theatre.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• 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.
• Dan Cioca

Additional information: Born in 1939. He studied stage design at the N. Griorescu In - stitute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He has had several one-man exhibitions in Bucharest / 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978 /, in Paris and in Bruxelles / 1978 /. He has also participated in a number of other exhibitions of stage design in Bucharest / 1967, 1971, 1975 /, as well as in Budapest, Warsaw, Berlin, Vienna, Rome and Turin. At an exhibition of posters in Warsaw in 1970 he received an Honorary Mention. He has also exhibited at the Exhibition of Rumanian Film Design in Moscow, at an exhibition of television designs for children's programs in Bucharest, at the Prague Quadrennial in 1975 and at the Trennial In Novi Sad / in 1972 and in 1978 /. He also participates in annual exhibitions of graphics in Bucharest. Since 1968 he works as a set designer for Rumanian Television where he designs for various types of programs, including musical shows, musical comedy, programs for children and television plays. He has also designed a number of sets for Bucharest theatres, for instance for the plays of Aristophanes and Labich. A number of his works have also been published in various Rumanian journals and magazines.

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• 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.
• 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.


• Dumitru Georgescu

Additional information: Born in 1934. He graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where he specialized in stage design.He has exhibited in all stage design exhibitions in Bucharest, as well as in Novi Sad in 1976 and at the Prague Quadrennial in 1975. In that same year he participated in the Exhibition of Television Designs in Bucharest. Among his foremost stage designs are those for productions of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, for Popescu's Sandra and for Escu's Tudor Muşatescu. He has also designed the sets for the films, the Sand Copy Book, The Red Cap, The Tale of the Dandylion / these films ware shown at the Festival of Films for Youth in Japan /, The Comedy of Scales, Maria Tãnase, Istria and others. At present he works as a set designer for Rumanian Television.

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• 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)

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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.


• 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.
• 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 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.
• Theodor Ciupe

Additional information: Born in 1933 in Constanta. Studied at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts. Since 1958 ne is at work as scenic designer, special line of costume desing, at the National Theatre in Cluj. In 1968 he made a three monts' educational trip to the Federal Republic of Germany. He has participated in a number of scenic desing exhibitions in Bucharest and Cluj. He has been at work as graphic artist (theatre posters), too. His most important works are costume designs for the protagonists of plays by Pirandello, Machiavelli, Shakespeare and so on. At present he acts as stage designer of the National Theatre in Cluj.
• 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.
• Vasile Rotaru

Additional information: Born in Cenade (Alba). Professor of stage design at the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He cooperates with the most important Rumanian theatres. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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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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• Antonio ALBICI

Additional information: Born in 1950. He graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where he specialized in drawing. Among his best puppet and stage designs the following should be mentioned: The sets and puppets for An Ordinary Story - The Play Begins at The Beginning by Alecu Popovici and Irina Niculescu; The Story of the Piggy /story by Ion Creangã/ and The Fisherman and His Luck by Christian Pepino according to Anton Pann. He participated in exhibitions Workshop 35 /images, signs, symbols/, held in Bucharst and New Trands in Eastern Europe, held in Eindhoven and others.

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• Liana AXINTE

Additional information: Born in 1943. She graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where she specialized in sculpture. She is very active as a sculptor and has participated in a number of exhibitions of Rumanian sculpture held abroad /Berlin, Prague, Dortmund, Warsaw, Düsseldorf/, as well as in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. In 1978 she participated in the Paul Louis Veiller Portrait Competition in Paris. She is also very active in the theatre. Among others she has designed and made the masks for Bacchae by Euripides and The Imaginary Invalid by Molière. In 1969-1971 she received the F. Storck Scholarship, in 1970 she received a prize at the First Symposium of Sculpture organized in Mãgura, in Rumania.

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• Edit BOTAR

Additional information: She graduated from the Ion Andrescu Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoci, where she specialized in tapestries. Since 1957 she works as a designer for the Puppet Theatre at Cluj-Napoca. In 1962 she received a 3rd Prize at the Ilnd International Festival of Puppet Theatres held in Bucharest for her production of The Story of the Animals, according to Móricz Zsigmond. In 1968 she received a lst Prize at the International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Zagreb-Sisak for a new production of The Story of the Animals and in 1977 the lst Prize at the International Festival of Puppet Theatres in Zagreb for the play Lucie's Friends by Alecu Popovici. She regularly participates in exhibitions of decorative and graphic arts and has held a total of twelve one- -man exhibitions.

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• Andrei BOTH

Additional information: Born in 1951. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He works as a stage designer for the Central Television Studio. Among his foremost set designs for television programs I Belived in His Flight by Rodica Padina should be mentioned. For the theatre he has designed the stage sets for I Am Not the Eiffle Tower by Ecaterina Oproiu, L. Pirandello' s To Clothe the Naked, W. Shakespeare' s Romeo and Juliet and As you Like It, B. Brechť s The Exception and the Rule, S. Mrózek' s The Exiles, etc. In 1979 the Union of Rumanian Artists gave his a scholarship for the further study of stage design. He participated in a stage design exhibition held in Bucharest in 1976 and in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.

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• Mioara BUESCU

Additional information: She graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where she specialized in stage design. For the + 27 years she has been working as a stage designer for the Tãndãricã Puppet Theatre in Bucharest. She is the author of the stage designs for many productions, including among others, The Three Wives of Don Cristobald according to García Lorca, J.M. Barrie' s Peter Pan, Nina Cassian' s The Curious Little Elephant /according to Kipling/, etc. She has also designed sets for the drama theatre, among others for I.L. Caragiale's Carneval Night, W. Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost, etc. She has participated in the many successes of the Tãndãricã Puppet Theatre, which in 1978 received the Erasmus Prize. She has also collaborated with puppet theatres abroad: in Gdańsk, Magdeburk, Cairo. She participated in stage design exhibitions held in Bucharest /in 1971 and 1976/ and in the Triennial in Novi Sad /1976 and 1978/.

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• Ella CONOVICI

Additional information: She graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where she specialized in painting. For the past thirty years she has been working as a designer for the Tãndãricã Puppet Theatre in Bucharest. She is the designer of numerous puppet productions, including among others The Three Wives of Cristobald according to García Lorca and Gellu Naum' s Apolodoro' s Book /both these productions received intemational prizes/. The Tãndãricã Puppet Theatre received the high award of the Erasmus Prize for its activities in recent years and to these activities Ella Conovici has made significant contributions. She has also collaborated with puppet theatres in Belgrade, Berlin and Oslo. For her activities in the puppet theatre she re - ceived the Order of Labour of the Illrd degree. She has parti - cipated in stage design exhibitions in Bucharest /in 1971 and in 1976/.

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• Octavian DIBROV

Additional information: Born in 1953, he studied stage design at the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He is the stage designer of the Giuleşti Theatre in Bucharest; he first drew attention to his work with the set and costume designs for productions of the plays by Rumanian playwrights Mihail Sorbul / The Red Passion /, Mihail Sebestian / Playing at Vacation /, A. Sever /Descãpãstĩnarea /, Paul Ioachim / Goana / and also for the plays of Shakespeare / Coriolanus - also played et the Royal Theatre in the Hague /, Dürrenmatt, Goldsmith, etc. He received the First Prize of the National Festival Songs of Romania 1977 for his stage designs for the play The Beheading by A. Sever and a Stage Design Prize from the Union of Rumania Theatrical Employees / ATM / in 1977. He also participated in stage design exhibitions in Bucharest / in 1971 and 1976 / and the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.

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• Mihaela DINU

Additional information: She graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where she specialized in stage design. Since 1977 she works at the Vasilache Puppet Theatre in Botoşani. She has, among others, designed the following productions: The Land of Miracles according to Mihail Sadoveanu, Punch at the Celebration by Stefan Lenkisch and Costel Popovici and Snow White by N. Manolescu. She participated in the stage design exhibition held in Bucharest in 1976.

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• Constantin GHEORGHE

Additional information: Born in 1933, he graduated from the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture in Bucharest. At first, in the period 1958-1962, he worked as an architect, in the year 1959 he obtained an Honorable Mention for his project for Trade Union Square in Bucharest. Since 1962 he has been working as a designer for television, where he has designed sets for plays by Anderson, Diderot, Dürrenmatt, Molière, Mozart, Andreyev, Figueiredo, Constantinescu, Teodorescu, Nottara and others. In 1966 he designed the sets for the film The Bear / Franco-London Films /, in 1971 he designed the sets for Ghelderone' s play The Red Magic for the Bolhaus Theatre in Copenhagen. He has participated in a number of ex - hibitions - the Exhibition of Television Design in 1964, Na - tional Exhibitions of Stage Design in 1971 and 1976, a mobile exhibition of Film and Television Designs for the USSR and Cuba, and the Exhibition of Television Set Designs for Plays in 1975. He has also published several papers: Theatre oř TV Films ? / 1969 /, Magical Chaos in 1973 and Television and TV set de - signs in 1974. In 1969 he received a Medal of Labour and in 1969 a Medal for Work in Culture of the 1st degres. At present he works for the Central Studio of Rumanian Television.

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• Eustatiu GREGORIAN

Additional information: Born in 1930. He works as a designer at the Puppet Theatre in Craiova. Among his designs for this theatre, the following should be mentioned: Ion Talion by Nela Stroescu, Pãcãlã, the Village Jester /story by Ion Slavici/, Iancu Jianu by A. Mitru and Aurel Tita, Mr Goé according to I.L. Caragiala, The Courageous Prislea and the Golden Apples /according to a story by Petre Ispirescu/, Harab Alb /according to a story by Ion Creangã/, Sweet as Salt /according to a story by Petre Ispirescu/. In 1958 he received a 3rd Prize at the International Festival in Bucharest, in 1965 he received a lst Prize and a Gold Medal at the International Festival in Bucharest and in 1977 a 2nd Prize at the National Festival Songs of Rumania. He has participated in a number of painting exhibitions, as well as stage design exhibitions in Rumania and abroad. He also participated in the stage design exhibitions held in Bucharest in 1971 and 1976.

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• Vittorio Holtier

* 1945, Bucharest
Additional information: Graduated from Academy of Art in Bucharest and currently he works as a stage and costume designer in Odeon Theatre in Bucharest. From 1990 -1992 he taught in the Academy of Art. In 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1987, he participated in the PQ. He was nominated for prize "International Man of the Year 1998/1999" by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge.

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• Georgeta ITIGAN

Additional information: Born in 1923. She studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Bu - charest. Since 1958 she is a set designer at the Central Studio of Rumanian Television. Among her foremost designs are those for productions of Molière´ s The Bourgeois Gentleman and The Affected Ladies, for Brechť s Mother Courage and Her Children, for Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty, for Tirso de Molina' s Don Gil in Green Trousers, as well as for plays written by Ru - manian playwrights, such as Vasile Alecsandri, A. Odobescu,Barbu, St. Delavrancea, A. Davilla, Liviu Rebreanu and Camil Petrescu. In 1978 she made a cartoon film called Petre Canusã. She re - ceived a Medal of the XXVth Anniversary of the Liberation of the Motherland. She has participated in stage design exhibitions in Bucharest / 1967 and 1971/, in Moscow, in Havana / in 1971 /,in Novi Sad /1978/ and in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.

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• Zofia KRZYZANOWSKI

Additional information: Born in 1929. She graduated from the Ion Andrescu Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca, where she specialized in painting. Since 1974 she works as a painter and stage designer at the Puppet Theatre in Timoşoara. In the period 1962-1974 she taught drawing at the University in Timoşoara. She has participated in many exhibitions both at home and abroad /in Novi Sad in an exhibition of 26 artists from Timoşoara, in Belgrade, Modena and in collective exhibitions in the German Federal Republic/. She has also had one-»an exhibitions in Timoşoara.

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• Ida MAYER-GRUMAZ

Additional information: Born in 1936. She works in the Puppet Department of the Drama .Theatre in Baia Mare. She graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where she specialized in stage design. Among her foremost designs for the puppet stage the following should be mentioned: The Goat and Three Kids by Paul Culiţã, The Singers from Bremen by Maria Cupcea, The Little Soul by E. Engel, Harap Alb by Nela Stroescu and the Motherland by Kristina Milobedzska /in 1978/. She received a prize for stage design at the Ion Creangã Festival in Bacãu in 1977. She participated in collective exhibitions between 1965 and 1978, in stage design exhibitions in Bucharest in 1971 and 1976 and she held a one-man exhibition in Bucharest in 1976.

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• Mircea NICOLAU

Additional information: Born in 1932. Since 1938 he has been working as a stage designer at the Puppet Theatre in Galaţi. He has designed over 80 drama, opera, operetta and puppet productions. For the puppet theatre he has designed especially the following productions: The Snow Queen according to H.C. Andersen, The Blue Bird according to Maeterlinck, The Beautiful Prince Was Born Out of a Teardrop by Mihai Eminescu, The Nutcracker, according to Hoffman. He has also designed sets for puppet theatres abroad: in Plovdiv,Damascus, Magdeburk. He has collaborated in the design of tele - vision films in Stockholm. He participated in the stage design exhibitions held in Bucharest in 1971 and 1976, in the UNIMA exhibition held in Paris in 1971 and the exhibition of puppet theatre stage designs held in Bucharest in 1975.

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• Ana PUSCHILA

Additional information: Born in 1944. She studied architecture at the Ion Mincu Institute in Bucharest. Since 1977 she works as a stage designer in the Tãndãricã Puppet Theatre in Bucharest. She has designed the stage sets especially for the following plays: The Foal´ s Seasons of the Year by Vladimir Simon, The Red Tiger Who Liked Pancakes, a play by a group of children, Where Are You Flying Dear Ghost by Alecu Popovici and A Sun Grain by Florin Tãnese. She received a prize for her designs for the play The Foal' s Seasons of the Year by V. Simon. She participated in a stage design exhibition in Bucharest.

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• Enikŏ SIMO

Additional information: Born in 1943. She graduated from the Ion Andreescu Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca, where she specialized in tapestries. Since 1971 she works as a stage designer for the Puppet Theatre et Braşov. Among her foremost designs are the following: The Story of the Piggy by Ion Creanga, The Carpathian Brigand by Petre Bocor, The Travels of the Little Nephew by Ana Predescu. She hes participated in exhibitions of Rumanian tapestries in Rio de Janeiro, Havana, Montevideo, Madrid, Buenos Aires, etc. She has also exhibited in a puppet theatre exhibition held in Bucharest in 1976. She obtained a stage design prize at the Festival of Puppet Theatres at Sinai and a stage design prize at the Ion Creangã Festival at Bacãu.

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• Virgil SVINTIU

Additional information: He graduated from the Ion Andreescu Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca, where he specialized in painting. Since 1972 he works as a stage designer at the Puppet Theatre in Cluj-Napoca. He achieved great success with his production of Sînziana and Pépélea which was played at International Puppet Theatre Festivals held in Pecs and Bialsko-Biela. In 1977 he obteined a prize for the most humanitarian message presented at the Puppet Thatre Festival held in Zagreb and for the play The Motherland by Kristina Milobedzska. He regularly participates in collective painting exhibitions and has also had several one-man exhibitions in Cluj-Napoca.

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• Zoe   . SZÜCS-EISELE

Additional information: Born in 1948. She graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where she specialized in painting. She now works as a stage designer at the Puppet Theatre in Arad. Among her most successful stage designs are The Courageous Prislea and the Golden Apples by Ion Agachi, Malicious Ileana by Ion Slavici, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgerson by Selma Lagerlöff and Fram the Polar Beer by Cezar Petrescu end Adrian Kiseleff. She received en Award of the Union of Rumanian Communist Youth in 1978. She participated in stage design exhibitions in Bucharest, as well as in exhibitions of puppets in Rumanie and the German Democratic Republic and an exhibition of paintings in Yugoslavie.

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• Emilia TARASESCU-JIANU

Additional information: She graduated from the N. Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucherest where she specialized in stage design. She has worked as a stage designer both for drama and puppet theatres. Among her foremost designs are the following productions: The Man Who. by Horia Lovinescu and Public Opinion by Aurel Baranga - both these plays were produced by drama theatres. Among her most successful designs for the puppet theatre are A Child of the Stars, according to O. Wilde, The Little Prince according to A. de Saint-Exupéry and Calin, the Charming Prince by Victor Eftimin. At present she works as a stage designer for the Drama Theatre in Constanţa. She participated in a stage design exhibition in Bucharest in 1976,

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• Epaminonda TIOTIU

Additional information: Born in 1950. He graduated from the Ion Andreescu Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca. Since 1973 he works as a painter and stage designer at the Puppet Theatre in Oradea, where he has designed a number of interesting productions.

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• Onisim Colta

* 1952
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: He graduated from Academy of Visual Arts - Cluj-Napoca. Since 1976 he has been working as stage designer at the State Theatre in Arad.






• Emilia JIVANOV

Additional information: Born in 1938. She has been working as a stage designer at the National Theatre in Timişoara. She participated in the PQ in 1979.
• lulia Mantoc (Iuliana Mantoc)

* 1951
Additional information: She graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest. She now workes as a set designer for the Central Studio of Rumanian Television in Bucharest. Among her foremost designs are the sets for The Death of a Salesman by A. Miller,and for the plays of several Rumanian playwrights, as well as the costumes for plays by Shakespeare, Pirandello, Brecht, Mrozek and also various Rumanien playwrights. In 1978 she received a stage design scholarship from the Union of Rumanian Artists.She participated in a stage design exhibition in Bucharest in 1976 and in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975. From 1986 she works as costume designer in Theatre Sturza Bulandra in Bucharest.




• Viorel STEGARU PENIŞOARA

Additional information: Born in 1934 in Duda-Vaslui. Illustrator, graphic artist and painter. He has been working as stage designer at the National Theatre in Craiova. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.




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