208. Magic in the night

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208. Magic in the night

Florin Niculiu

1928, Hudeşti, Botoşani - 1997, București

Estimate:

EUR 1.500 - 2.500

Sold

EUR 2.750

oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, 100x100, signed bottom right, in brown, F. Niculiu

PROVENANCE

private collection, The Netherlands.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 1964 – Solo exhibition, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest,Romania 1966-1992 – Group exhibitions in Havana, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Prague, Tunis, Cairo, Tallinn, Moscow, Budapest, Alexandria, Torino, Grand, Bruges, Sofia, Leningrad, Hague, Warsaw, Berlin, Athens, Lisbon, Florence, Kosice, London, Vienna, Rome, Glasgow, Cagnes-sur-Mer, and Wageningen 1968 – Solo exhibition, Amfora Gallery, Bucharest, Romania 1979 – Retrospective exhibition, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania 1982 – Solo exhibition, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, Romania 1983-1993 – Solo exhibitions in Constanţa, Mamaia, Botoşani and Iaşi 1993 – Solo exhibition, Catacomba Gallery, Bucharest, Romania 1997 – Solo exhibition, “In Memoriam”, Catacomba Gallery, Bucharest, Romania 1998 – Group exhibition, “200 de ani de artă brâncovenească”, The Palace of the Romanian Parliament, Art Gallery; Group exhibition, “Bucharest Art Salon”, Romanian Literature Museum, Bucharest, Romania; Group exhibition, Romanian art, Anastasia Foundation, Budapest, Hungary 2000 – Group exhibition, “Margareta Sterian Awards”, National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania 2001 – Solo exhibition, Sabina and Jean Gallery, France 2002 – Solo exhibition, Antique Art Gallery Curtea veche, Bucharest, Romania 2004-2006 – Group exhibition, “Antique 9 Gallery”,Bucharest, Romania; Group exhibition, “Gabro 10 Gallery”, Bucharest, Romania; Group exhibition, “Covaci 12 Gallery”, Bucharest, Romania 2007 – Solo exhibition, Veroniki Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania SELECTED AWARDS: 1970 – National Prize at the Festival of Painting, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 1976 – Romanian Fine Arts Union Award 1983 – “Premio Pace 83” given by the Caravaggio Cultural Center in Rome 1995 – Margareta Sterian Award

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