Portrait of a Child - Apple Blossoms (Portret de copil / Flori de măr) - double-sided
Description
Executed in: 1927
Medium: oil on cardboard (painted on both sides)
Size: 48 x 37 cm (66 x 56 cm with frame)
Signed and dated on the front lower left in black: "E. Trucinski; 27"
Provenance
Private Collection, Romania
Location
Bucharest, Romania
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Description
Eugen Trucinski was an elusive painter and stage designer, active mainly between the 1920s and 1950s, associated with the theatres of Cluj and Timișoara. His dual practice connected the visual language of painting with the constructed space of scenography, revealing a disciplined sense of composition and chromatic restraint. Few biographical details survive, and no specialised bibliography has yet been devoted to his work, making the existing pieces particulary valuable as documents of a marginal yet coherent artistic vision.
The double-sided painting Portrait of a Child and Apple Blossoms exemplifies the artist’s preference for intimate, self-contained subjects. The front, devoted to the child’s portrait, emphasizes the psychological presence of the sitter, while the verso, featuring the floral composition, presents a contemplative study of light and colour. Both sides reflect the Trucinski’s interest in the dialogue between figuration and stillness, and his tendency to approach the motif with the precision of a scenographer arranging forms on a stage.
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