BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://mnar.ro///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260417T185502EEST-6860IFmMet@https://mnar.ro/ DTSTAMP:20260417T155502Z DESCRIPTION:The Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 will be inaugurate d in Poland with the event exhibition 'Nicolae Grigorescu - painter of Rom anian ethos' which will open at the National Museum in Gdańsk on July 27\, 2024.\nThe exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Art of Roman ia (NMAR) and includes 44 paintings from its collections as well as 49 fol k art objects from the National Village Museum 'Dimitrie Gusti'. Curators: Călin Stegerean\, Director General of NMAR and Miruna Moraru\, museograph er.\nOn behalf of the 'Dimitrie Gusti' National Village Museum the exhibit ion benefited from the collaboration of conf. dr. Paula Popoiu - manager\, dr. Georgiana Onoiu - head of the Cultural Heritage Section\, dr. Aurelia Tudor - scientific researcher.\nThe exhibition aims to present works crea ted at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century\, a period when national specificity was defined. Predominantly\, reflectio ns of the rural world were associated\, whether they were peasant creation s and traditions\, peasant costumes and portraits or spirituality.\nGrigor escu represented them in a manner detached from academic practices\, using modern artistic means such as fragmented brushstrokes\, an extended palet te of grays\, the capture of dazzling light effects and a synthetic constr uction of forms.\nThe exhibition is conceptually centered on the work 'Gir l and Her Dowry'\, made in 1895\, on the one hand expressing the material and spiritual wealth of the village community and on the other hand symbol izing the intergenerational passage through which the 'dowry' of the commu nity is communicated to new generations\, offering the comfort of a contin uity of values. Some of the folk art objects borrowed from the 'Dimitrie G usti' National Village Museum provide a spectacular representation of the setting for this work\, complemented by six folk costumes in keeping with the costumes of the characters painted by Grigorescu.\nExhibited for the f irst time in Poland\, Nicolae Grigorescu's works mediate access to an impo rtant part of our cultural history and illustrate the passage of Romanian painting towards artistic modernity in terms of conception and artistic me ans.\nFor the entire duration of the exhibition (27 July - 27 October 2024 )\, there will be a program of related activities addressed to a wide audi ence\, organized in collaboration with the National Museum in Gdańsk and t he Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw.\nIt starts on July 28 at 16.00 w ith a lecture entitled 'Why do we still love Grigorescu?' by Călin Stegere an.\n'The first exhibition of works by our national painter in Poland brin gs with it part of the image of Romanian landscapes\, of our villages and peasants as they once were. Representing an important chapter in our cultu ral history\, Nicolae Grigorescu's works convey in a vivid and moving way a certain Romanian spirit that deserves to be known in other cultural spac es. Thus\, Grigorescu remains one of our most eloquent and beloved ambassa dors\,' says Călin Stegerean\, Director General of MNAR.\nIn the following months\, there will be sewing and embroidery workshops inspired by the po pular costumes\, as they appear in Nicolae Grigorescu's paintings\; a cook ing workshop inspired by Romanian cuisine\, a lecture on Romanian rural ar chitecture\, a lecture on Romanian folklore and legends\, painting and dan ce workshops\, Oana Cătălina Chițu Band concert\, guided tours of the exhi bition in sign language\, in English\, etc. The varied program of cultural mediation aims to attract the interest of the local public\, with differe nt ages and interests\, in Grigorescu's work and Romanian culture.\nNicola e Grigorescu was born in 1838 in Pitaru village\, in Muntenia region\, and from the age of ten he became an assistant to painter Anton Chladek. He c ontinued as a church painter until 1861 when he began his studies at the A cademy of Art in Paris with the suport of a Romanian state scholarship. Fr om 1863 he joined the Barbizon group of artists\, discovering plein air pa inting and subjects related to the life of ordinary people\, spending more than 30 years in France\, on and off. In 1877 he was called invited to do cument the Romanian War of Independence. In 1890 he settled in Câmpina\, w here he died in 1907.\nHis work dedicated to the world of the Romanian vil lage\, his prodigious talent that reconciled local painting with European modernity\, his immense popularity among the general public lead to his be ing considered our national painter.\nThe Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2 024 - 2025 is organized by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Romani an Cultural Institute through its representative office in Warsaw\, the Mi nistry of Culture and National Heritage and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute\ , in partnership with the Polish Institute in Bucharest. https://mail.mnar .ro/en/events/event/799-the-event-exhibition-nicolae-grigorescu-painter-of -the-romanian-ethos-opens-the-romania-poland-cultural-season-2024-2025-at- the-national-museum-in-gdańsk DTSTART:20240727T104904Z DTEND:20241027T134904Z LOCATION:Muzeul Național din Gdańsk\, Polonia (Muzeul Național din Gdańsk\, Polonia) SUMMARY:The event exhibition 'Nicolae Grigorescu - painter of the Romanian ethos' opens the Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 at the National Museum in Gdańsk URL:https://mail.mnar.ro/en/events/event/799-the-event-exhibition-nicolae-g rigorescu-painter-of-the-romanian-ethos-opens-the-romania-poland-cultural- season-2024-2025-at-the-national-museum-in-gdańsk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR