DOUĂ PERSONALITĂŢI RODNENE: ÎNVĂŢĂTORUL SILVESTRU MUREŞIANU (1850–1935) ŞI PICTORUL FLORIAN A. MUREŞIANU (1878–1961) – ÎNSEMNĂRI AUTOBIOGRAFICE
TWO ICONIC FIGURES FROM RODNA: PROFESSOR SILVESTRU MUREŞIANU (1850–1935) AND PAINTER FLORIAN A. MUREŞIANU (1878–1959) – AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Summary/Abstract: These pages reveal the autobiographical notes of Professor Silvestru Mureşianu (1850–1935) and professor and painter Florian Mureşianu (1878–1959), father and son, both from Rodna-Veche. Most information regards Florian Mureşianu. He got his primary education in the village of his origins, whereas, for gymnasium, he went to Năsăud between 1889 and 1897. After high school, due to his painting abilities, he followed the upper courses offered by the School of Fine Arts in Budapest. During his studies, he was an active member of the „Petru Maior” Society and joined the editorial board of the „Luceafărul” magazine in Budapest, managed by Octavian Goga. After his military service, he worked alongside Professor Octavian Smigelschi on the paintings of some churches in Transylvania and Banat. In 1908, he started to work as a teacher at the school in Nagyszombat (today Trnava in Slovakia). The beginnings of the First World War were to catch him in the same place. He was on duty till the end of the war (1918). In 1919, he asked the Governing Council for a teaching position on the territory of Greater Romania. As a result, he was appointed teacher and administrator of the School of Arts and Crafts in Arad, where he remained until his retirement. Many of his pieces of work, especially those inspired by the history and traditions of his homeland, are preserved in the museum in Rodna nowadays.

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