Contribuţii la cunoaşterea operei lui Pavel Zamfir din Laz. Identificare şi atribuire
Contributions to the Knowledge of Pavel Zamfir’s Work in Laz, Identification and Assignment

Summary/Abstract: The ASTRA Museum Sibiu holds a valuable collection of icons on glass that brings together over 2000 works representative of all glass painting-centres, covering the period from the end of the 18th century to the present moment. Since 2005, a project of research, conservation, restoration and emphasizing of this collection has been in progress within the Department for Conservation-Restoration. Important part of this project, the research has occasioned the enrichment of information about icons, the deciphering of numerous signatures and dates, bringing many unsigned works into prominence. On this occasion, we managed to attribute 25 icons on glass to Pavel Zamfir from Laz. In addition to the 4 signed ones, these icons increase the number of icons painted by the famous painter and part of the museum collection to 29. The attribution of the unsigned icons was made through comparison with the signed ones found in the ASTRA museum collection, in other collections or those mentioned in the specialized literature. The work introduces 29 icons on glass of an inestimable value, which due to their artistic qualities, originality and age, are doubtlessly among the most valuable Romanian icons on glass. The in depth research of the icons belonging to Pavel Zamfir aims to create an overview as complex as possible on the painter’s work, highlighting preferred themes, techniques and specific means of expression, while contributing to the outlining of the personality of one of the most talented and prolific painters on glass from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, from the Laz centre, in Sebeş Valley.

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