Winter Day (Zi de iarnă)
Description
Executed in: 2023
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 110 x 105 cm
Signed on the front lower left in ochre with monogram.
Provenance
Ștefan Câlția Foundation.
In collaboration with the Ștefan Câlția Foundation, the Monumentum Association has started an endeavor to raise financial resources for the Blue Fund, which aims to support the development of the Blue Houses Map of Romania - a guide that archives all houses with vernacular architecture - and of the Blue Project - a comprehensive educational program based on the encounter between architecture and other arts. The facades of three blue houses with vernacular architecture in the village where the painter Ștefan Câlția spent his childhood have been restored so far though this project.
The money resulting from the sale of lots 41-44 in this auction will be used to support the projects of the Monumentum Association, which aim to revitalize traditional crafts, promote the principles of reuse and authenticity through conservation and restoration activities, and educate property owners and local communities on the value of their own heritage and the importance of sustainable development through their own means, while respecting the local specificity.
Location
Bucharest
Description
Ștefan Câlția's works evoke a timeless present, narrated through universally relevant symbols, directly connected to life and the world. Câlția explores the mundane, depicting the beauty and significance of everyday objects and natural scenes, with the blue house being the synthesis of a Universe seen as a whole, a living organism that preserves memories and transforms itself alongside humanity.
The oil painting "Winter Day" tells the story of a secluded place, lost among winding paths, which shelters a house on a hill. The carefully carved blue pediment of the house radiates against the white snow background. The symbol of the house and of the color blue in Ștefan Câlția's work transform a specific cultural emblem of rural southern Transylvania and of the artist’s childhood into an expression of his love for his native places.
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