202. Icon on wood, "The Three Holy Hierarchs", Moldavian school, XIX century, from the collection of the world vice-champion of bridge Coriolan Neamțu

Dimensions

width 54 cm, height 64.5 cm

Description

tempera on wood

PROVENANCE

Coriolan Neamțu was born in 1925 in Satu-Mare, in a family of Transylvanian intellectuals. He was a graduate of the Faculty of Law and the Academy of High Commercial and Industrial Studies in Bucharest. His particular interest in the game of bridge allowed him to overcome professional dissatisfactions, inherent to the communist regime, and to dedicate himself passionately to bridge. He was an active promoter and organizer of the game of bridge in Romania, a tournament director and bridge teacher. Coriolan Neamțu wrote and edited between 1970-1983 (the year in which bridge was officially banned in Romania) the magazine "Expert Bridge", printed and distributed in hundreds of copies in quasi-clandestine conditions. A professional journalist, with a column in magazines and newspapers from the country and frequent contributions to prestigious foreign magazines, he wrote a number of bridge literature works: "Competitive Bridge" (1973), "Fun Bridge" (1982), "Start Bridge" (1990), "Humorous Bridge" (1991) and "Bridge Conventions" (1991). Being also a great lover of animals, the author published in 1979 a book entitled "The Dog, Man's Friend", which enjoyed great success at the time of its appearance. In 2000 he published a volume of maxims and thoughts "Restitutio in absurdum". He was a member of the Jockey Club Romania, the International Association of Bridge Journalists, the vice world champion of the IBPA bridge in 1992 in Salsomaggiore and editor of the bridge column in the magazine "Free Time", the weekly supplement of the newspaper "Free Romania".