Recent acquisitions of the Romanian National History Museum. Busts representing Take Ionescu and Grigore Gafencu Cover Image

Recente achiziții ale muzeului național de istorie a României. Busturi reprezentîndu-i pe Take Ionescu și Grigore Gafencu
Recent acquisitions of the Romanian National History Museum. Busts representing Take Ionescu and Grigore Gafencu

Author(s): Smaranda Bilț
Subject(s): History
Published by: MUZEUL NAȚIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMÂNIEI
Keywords: Recent acquisitions; Romanian National History Museum; Take Ionescu; Grigore Gafencu; Frederick Storck

Summary/Abstract: The author presents two bronze busts bought in 1995 by the National Museum of History of Romania. The first represents the asset politician of the time of the first world war - Take Ionescu. The bust, cast in bronze, was realized in 1915 by the sculptor Frederic Storck. The second bust represents Grégoire Gafencu, politician between the two World Wars and was carried out in 1935 by theSculptor Constantin Baraschi. In the same way, the main biographical data of the two sculptors, important personalities of the Romanian artistic movement, as well as the two great menpolicies. It should be noted that after December 1989 plastic works hidden by their owners during theCommunism.

  • Issue Year: 1/1998
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 127-134
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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