Valențe artistice și simbolice în creația grafică a lui Gheorghe Vrabie
Artistic and symbolistic valences in the graphic creation of Gheorghe Vrabie

Summary/Abstract: Master of arts Gheorghe Vrabie is counting among those who played a significant role in thedevelopment of the national contemporary school of graphics. He outlined the symbolic identity of the countryby elaborating its main attributes – the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Moldova and the Coat of Arms ofChisinau. Working in several fields – plastic and decorative arts, heraldry and vexillology, – Mr. Vrabie be queathed over 100 titles of illustrated books and numerous works of easel graphics, remarkable for compositionalsolutions of postmodernist vision, metaphorical approach to the ideational content, and the suggestive-symbolicway of stylizing the artistic image. Mr. Vrabie’s creative potential was manifested in the illustration of the literary works of national and universal literature. Among the most important achievements are those executed inetching, aquatint techniques for: “Harap Alb” by Ion Creangă (1967), “Vita nuova” by Dante Alighieri (1971),“Luceafărul” by Mihai Eminescu (1970–1974), “Spells” by Paul Valery (1973–1979) and others. Original artisticvalences present the master’s easel graphics, in particular: the etchings “The Fallen Soldier” (1968), “The Sentinel” (1968) and “The Tragedy of Râbnița” (1975); the etching and aquatint cycles – “Hipism” (1971–1979) and“The Contemporary City” (1972–1970) etc.

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