Micaela Eleutheriade

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Micaela Eleutheriade was an esteemed Romanian painter, often associated with the Balcik School and post-impressionist art. She studied at the School of Belle Arte in Bucharest under the guidance of Cecilia Cuțescu-Stork, Ipolit Strâmbu, and Dimitrie Serafim, completing her artistic education in Paris at the renowned Ranson Academy between 1924 and 1927. Her Paris years were highly productive creatively, allowing the young painter to discover an incoming wave of modernist artists, as well as to participate in her first art salons in 1926. Eleutheriade is particularly recognised for her skillful depictions of still life alongside urban and rural landscapes. In her paintings, she constructs intricate spectrums of emotions, empowered by her careful observation of the objects and spaces that are being portrayed. Her works powerfully capture human presence or absence in landscape, particularly in relation to gardening as an essentially land-altering activity in village life. An evocative sense of tenderness and sincerity lives in the artist’s often playful brush. Widely exhibited throughout her career locally and abroad, Eleutheriade’s works are part of important public and private collections.