135^F. Still Life with Pipe and Jug with Carnations [1947]

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135^F. Still Life with Pipe and Jug with Carnations [1947]

Alexandru Ciucurencu

1903, Ciucurova, Tulcea - 1977, Bucureşti

Estimate:

EUR 12.000 - 18.000

Sold

EUR 26.000

References

DEAC, Mircea, "Ciucurencu", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1978. FLOREA, Vasile, "Ciucurencu", ARC 2000 Publishing House, Bucharest, 1995.

oil on cardboard, 60 x 49.5 cm, 60 Ã 49,5 cm, signed bottom right, with black, "AC"

Research information

The artwork is classified in the category Fund of the National Movable Cultural Heritage, by order of the Minister of Culture 2040 of 29.01.2010.

PROVENANCE

late 70's, the Zoe CeauÈescu collection, daughter of Nicolae and Elena CeauÈescu; 1990-2011, in the custody of the National Museum of Art of Romania; after 2011, the collection of Zoe Ceausescu's heirs. The artwork is accompanied by a certificate of origin, signed by Mircea Oprean, Zoia CeauÈescu's husband.

With a premise based on the understanding of pictorial truth, learned during his years of study in Paris, artist Ciucurencu will understand that the three fundamental means of expression are: line, colour and value. Whether we speak of landscapes, static nature paintings, portraits, social theme or flowers compositions, with the severe reduction of external details, the artist pays great attention to the material form, hence reality becoming one of his starting points, a direct reference point. Captured in close proximity to his reality, floral compositions will often be among the subjects of his work. Treated "alla prima", in advanced brush plays, along with pictorial syntheses and colour enhancements, his compositions would witness an admirable modern creative evolution, where the vividness and brightness of the palette prevail. (G.M.)

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