106. Rosetti-Brăescu Manor in Măgura [1988]

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106. Rosetti-Brăescu Manor in Măgura [1988]

Horia Bernea

1938, Bucureşti - 2000, Paris

Estimate:

EUR 2.000 - 3.500

Sold

EUR 4.000

References

The catalogue "Horia Bernea", The National Museum of Art of Romania, Arta Grafică Publishing House, Bucharest, 1997. "Horia Bernea. Caiete / Notebooks 1969-1976", MNAC Publishing House, Bucharest, 2016.

oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm, 50 Ã 50 cm, signed upper left, with ochre, "Bernea"; dated upper right, with black, "7.(19)88"

He embarks on a series of journeys for artistic purposes: he paints in Poiana Mărului, in Tescani, in Văratec or in France. He completes a series of writings (in the form of notebooks/journals), in a deeply philosophical way, revealing his own vision on the world and art. These writings sum up the way in which his entire work can be interpreted. His works represent his whole visual culture. He is particularly concerned with abstract painting. He would combine the conceptual art of the communist era with the spiritual art from after 1989. Consequently, his creation combines modern traits with traditions, as well as the abstract to the figurative. Although he dedicated a large part of his creation to abstract art, the present work mostly adheres to figurative realism. Brush strokes are incisive metaphors, reaching the depths of the canvas. However, one can find the "essential uncertainty" as well as mystery - an element of knowledge - which Bernea has used so many times in order to express the unitary natural in his canvases. His work transcends further from appearance, having a spiritual character and raising conscience-related issues.

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