Marcel Olinescu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marcel Olinescu

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1896

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1992

Profession: poet, sculptor, newspaper editor

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Marcel Olinescu

  • Marcel Olinescu (Romanian pronunciation: [mar't??el oli'nesku]; September 17, 1896–February 15, 1992) was a Romanian engraver. Born in Dorohoi, his father Teofil was a German-language teacher who came from Hliboka (Adâncata) in Austrian-ruled Bukovina.
  • His mother, Terezia (née Kernbach), came from a family of German doctors.
  • He attended primary school in his native town, followed by gymnasium at Pomârla from 1907 to 1911.
  • Between 1919 and 1921, he attended the Fine Arts Academy in Ia?i, followed by the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest from 1921 to 1923.
  • There, one of his professors was Dimitrie Paciurea.
  • Following his graduation, he found a position at Brad, in the ?ara Mo?ilor area of Transylvania, as a teacher of calligraphy and drawing.
  • Spending three years there, Olinescu became fascinated by the local lifestyle, producing ten engravings centered on the local gold-mining industry.
  • He also drew portraits featuring leaders of the Transylvanian Revolution of 1848, after earlier paintings by Barbu Iscovescu.
  • In 1925, together with Dumitru Ghia?a, he hosted an exhibition of his ?ara Mo?ilor work at the Romanian Athenaeum, also publishing an album.In 1926, Olinescu went to Boto?ani to teach at A.
  • T.
  • Laurian High School.
  • The following year, he settled at Arad, where he taught drawing at the boys' commercial high school.
  • From 1933 to 1937, he edited the local ?tirea newspaper, while in 1931, he co-founded an artistic society in Arad.
  • Together with other members, who included Gheorghe Ciuhandu, he edited the literary and cultural magazine Hotarul, in 24 pages, which first appeared in 1933.
  • Starting in October 1934, he also edited Duh, a magazine focused on art, literary criticism and philosophy.
  • He worked on Dimitrie Gusti's sociological research teams.Sculpting in an improvised workshop in the courtyard of his school, he executed busts of the local pedagogue Petre Pipo? and of a newspaperman from ?tirea.
  • He also produced a bust of 1784 revolutionary Cri?an, after a contemporary oil painting; this was placed in Vaca, the revolutionary's native village.
  • While at Arad, he published a volume of verse.
  • He left the city in 1937, teaching in Bucharest between that year and 1958.
  • Olinescu took part in drawing exhibitions with the Grupul Grafic society in 1940, 1943 and 1946.
  • His most comprehensive exhibition took place in 1977 at the Romanian Athenaeum; this featured a large number of engravings.
  • The books he illustrated include Din ?ara mo?ilor (1925), Boto?anii care se duc (1927), Miori?a (1940), Mitologia româneasca (1944), Târgovi?te de ieri ?i de azi (1976) and Peisaje (1983).
  • Today, 52 works by Olinescu are held by the Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization in Deva.
  • Most are woodcuts; the rest, linocuts.

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