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Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck (14 March 1879, in Câineni, Vâlcea – 29 October 1969, in Bucharest) was a Romanian painter with a strong influence on cultural life in the interwar period. She was a promoter of feminism, contributing to the establishment of the "Association of women painters and sculptors" (together with Olga Greceanu and Nina Arbore) and "Feminin artistic circle". She was the first woman in Europe to become a professor at an art academy, teaching painting and decorative arts at the Bucharest School of Fine Arts.[1]
Cecilia Cutescu-Storck | |
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| Born | Cecilia Cutescu 14 March 1879 Câineni |
| Died | 29 October 1969 Bucharest |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Education | Académie Julian |
| Occupation(s) | Painter and muralist |
| Spouse | Frederic Storck |
Biography
editCecilia Cuțescu was born in the village Râul Vadului, in the Câineni commune, Vâlcea County. She was adopted by her maternal grandparents, from whom she got the name Cuțescu. She, however, remained very close to her parents, Natalia and Ion Brăneanu, and her sisters, Fulvia (who died in her teens) and Ortansa (who became an important feminist activist in Romania).
She moved with her grandparents to Bucharest, so that she could attend the prestigious Central School for Girls. Passionate about art from an early age, she would sneak off during school hours to paint. The Cuțescu family sought the advice of the renowned Polish realist painter Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, who confirmed Cecilia's talent. After graduating from the Central School, she continued her studies at the Damenakademie, Munich, in 1897. In 1899 she went to Paris and took classes at Académie Julian, where she studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. During her time in Paris, her paintings were introduced to the public through exhibitions held in France and Romania.
Distinctions
edit- Medalia de aur si Marele premiu la Expoziția Internațională de la Barcelona (1929)
- Cavaler al Ordinul Meritul Civil, Spania (1930)
- Cavaler al Legiunii de Onoare, Franța (1933)
- Medalia de aur la Expoziția Internațională de la Paris (1937)
- Maestru Emerit al artei în 1957, pentru întreaga activitate artistică.[2]
Authored books
edit- Fresca unei vieți, Bucovina, Editura Torouțiu, 1943
- O viață dăruită artei, Editura Meridiane, 1966
- Fresca unei vieți, Editura Vremea, București, 2006
Referenced in books
edit- Leon Thevenin: Cecile Coutesco-Storck, sa vie et son oevre, Quatre Chemins, 1932
- Angela Vrancea: Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Editura de Stat pentru Literatură și Artă, 1957
- Gabriela Storck și Petre Comarnescu: Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck: Expozitie Retrospectiva, Uniunea Artiștilor Plastici, 1959
- Marin Mihalache: Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Editura Meridiane, București, 1969
- Liliana Vârban, Ionel Ionița, Dan Vasiliu: Casa Storck – Muzeul Storck, Muzeul Municipiului București, 2005
- Jeremy Howard: East European Art, Oxford University Press, 2006
- Shona Kallestrup: Art and Design in Romania 1866–1945, Columbia, Eastern European Monographs, 2006
- Aurora Liiceanu: Patru femei, patru povești, Editura Polirom, 2010
In memoriam
editIn June 2010, from the initiative of the rector of the Economic Studies Academy of Bucharest, Gheorghe Roșca, and of the mayor of Câineni, Ion Nicolae, a commemorative plaque was placed in the village Râul Vadului.[3]
The Frederic and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Art Museum is a modern art museum located in Bucharest, Romania, dedicated to the painter and her husband. In Balchik, now in Bulgaria, the Storck family owned a seafront mansion known as Villa Storck.
References
edit- ^ "The Frederic Storck and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Museum". Muzeul Municipiului București. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ O listă completă se află în monograful Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck de Marin Mihalache (Editura Meridiane, București, 1969)
- ^ "Pictorița Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, comemorată la Câineni". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
Bibliography
edit- Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck: Fresca unei vieți, Bucovina, Editura Torouțiu, 1943
- Gabriela Storck si Petre Comărnescu: Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck: Expozitie Retrospectiva, Uniunea Artiștilor Plastici, 1959
- Marin Mihalache: Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Editura Meridiane, București, 1969
- Liliana Vârban, Ionel Ionița, Dan Vasiliu: Casa Storck – Muzeul Storck, Muzeul Municipiului București, 2005
- Shona Kallestrup: Art and Design in Romania 1866–1945, Columbia, Eastern European Monographs, 2006
External links
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- Biography of Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck
- http://metropotam.ro/La-zi/2007/01/art7087336963-Muzee-din-Bucuresti-Casa-Storck/
- http://artistiromani.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/cecilia-cutescu-storck-1879-1969/
- http://bucharest.romaniaexplorer.com/page_10865.html Archived 16 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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