The Costumed Model (Modelul costumat)*
Description
Executed in: 1975
Medium: Gouache on paper
Size: 32 x 44 cm (52 x 63 cm with frame)
Signed and dated on the front lower right in pencil "L.D.B. 6 April 1975"
Provenance
Private Collection, Romania.
Location
Bucharest
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Description
Lucia Dem. Bălăcescu (b. 1895, Bucharest, Romania - d. 1979, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian modernist painter, and had a successful career as an art critic. Guided by professors Othon Friesz and Fritz Gilsi, Bălăcescu graduated from Académie Julian and Académie Ranson, both being important institutions on the European art scene at the beginning of the 20th century. Bălăcescu was strongly supported by other female artists in Romania such as Nina Arbore and Olga Greceanu.
Bălăcescu’s vibrant, playful compositions embody a multitude of influences with an astonishing palette of lively colours, depicting landscapes, interior scenes, portraits, nudes, and still life. Avant-garde influences transpire through her works, as diverse naïve forms assemble most of the time a subtly ironic narrative. Her oeuvre equally foments a rich commentary on female self-representation in modern painting.
In 2022, a retrospective exhibition revisiting Bălăcescu’s practice took place at the Art Collections Museum in Bucharest.
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