The Painter GEORGE SARU introduced by Horia Saru
USA (United States)
1(212) 752 4471
http://www.sarugeorge.com/index.html
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Ölmalerei
Stil: Abstrakt
Vita / Lebenslauf:
G E O R G E S A R U
The philosophical process, its way of pondering the ideas, the incredible “illogic” beyond the logic, the labyrinth of mind and universe, the wholeness and uniqueness gathered within a small mathematical formula, were permanent preoccupations for George Saru. His paintings reflect the inner images born abundantly from such an approach to the reality behind reality. Gradually the artist discovered that the cause of mere actuality is penetrable through the abstract. The primary model is not the object. The general versus particular, with a penchant for generalization, incite to abstraction, even if the right word is sublimation.
The way George Saru treated his paintings was neither frugal nor futile. Despite his attraction for the subtle – and therefore “would be negligent” forms – he was a first rate portraitist. The artist gave care to his “forms” the same way he painted the portraits, that is, the same elegance, the same stylization the same accuracy and sophistication.
If the shape is irregular, it doesn’t mean it should be at random and fast made. This irregularity is a long conceived one and thoroughly related to the whole. He used to work for weeks on a single painting and made many corrections, following a hidden code of perfection and equilibrium. Sometimes it wasn’t the shape which needed a change; it was something more important: the color. He tuned his chromatic palette to a perfect balance toward a complete harmony and highly elevated refinement.
George Saru sees the entire universe or considers just a section of a cell. He structures a crystal or a living planet. The perspective has not one point of view, but many and the light is a matter of spectral combinations and not one of shadows. In this whole abstraction (or sublimation) one can see once again the artist’s great talent for drawing. His inclination for representing his own imagination, as he often said, is not an excuse for the incapacity of drawing. Not at all; when it was about figurative, he equaled the great masters. Portraits, large compositions, murals and pavements, even huge tapestries attest this. Above all, the artist preferred to develop and follow his unique style, creating his own world, according to his thirst for answers, fitting perfectly and originally in what is considered modern art within the second half of the twentieth century.
Actual date of birth: February 29th, 1920. Officially registered at March 1st, 1920
EDUCATION:
1963 Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci – Perugia, Italy
1946-1948 Academy of Fine Arts – Bucharest, Romania
Master of Fine Arts
1939-1944 Academy of Fine Arts – Jassy, Romania
Bachelor of Fine Arts
STUDY JOURNEYS:
Mexico, France, Spain, Portugal, England, Italy, Switzerland, USA,
Denmark, West Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Sweden
Norway, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, USSR, Bulgaria.
1983 Invited to live and paint in the United States by the U.S.I.A.
(United States Information Agency)
1965 Invited to live and paint in Mexico
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PROFESSION: Artist Painter
1948-1982 Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts “N. Grigorescu”- Bucharest
1950-1964 Editor in chief at “ARTA” Magazine
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
1950-2003 Fine Arts Guild of Romania
1963-2003 International Association of Fine Arts (AIAP) of UNESCO
PARTICIPATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
Joins to various shows in Europe, Asia and America
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1995 International Man of the Year – Cambridge, England
1982 Professor Emeritus of Art – Bucharest, Romania
1982 Special Award for Painting – Fine Art Guild of Romania
1979 National Prize for Monumental Tapestry (with wife Liana Saru)
1976 Gold Medal and Laureate of the Triennial Exhibition – Sofia
1968 Order of the Cultural Merit – Bucharest, Romania
1964 Special Award for Monumental Art (mosaic for public squares)
1953 International Award for Painting, World Youth Festival
1951 Laureate of the State Prize – Bucharest, Romania
1950 National Award for Painting, the Culture Ministry of Romania
1949 Prize “Ion Andreescu”- Romanian Academy of Arts and Letters
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
WORKS IN MUSEUMS:
Hermitage – USSR
Weisman Art Museum – Minneapolis
National Museums of Art – Bucharest, Jassy, Timisoara, Cluj,
Oradea, Galatzi, Suceava, Constantza, Turnu-Severin
WORKS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Weisman Museum of Art, USA, then collections in:
France, Italy, Russia, Mexico, USA, Denmark, Japan, Germany,
Spain, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Brazil,
Canada, Romania, Luxembourg
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
1979 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1975 Museum of Modern Art – Triennial of Sczecin, Poland
1975 Quebec
1974 Cairo, Egypt
1973 Washington
1973 San Sebastian, Spain
1972 Orly, France
1972 Leningrad
1968 Paris
1965 Museum of Modern Art – Triennial of Sczecin, Poland
1963 Berlin
1961 Museum of Modern Art – Paris, France (here, next to Brancussi, Saru displays several paintings. Among them was “Two young Welders” which was reproduced on a Postage Stamp Emission)
1961 Geneva
1958 Moscow
1956 Vienna, Austria
1956 Biennale di Venezia (XVIII) – Venice, Italy
1954 Biennale di Venezia (XVII) – Venice, Italy
ONE MAN SHOWS:
2004 RIVAA Gallery New York - Post Mortem
2004 Romanian Cultural Center – Post Mortem
1999 Gallery@49, New York
1997 Romanian Cultural Center, NY Gallery
1995 The York Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
1991 Basil – Spingarn Gallery, Matawan, NJ
1991 Dome Gallery, Broadway, SOHO – New York
1990 Morin – Miller Gallery, 57Street, New York
1989 Bonwitt – Teller at Trump Tower, 57Street, New York
1989 Morin – Miller Gallery, 57Street, New York
1988 Morin – Miller Gallery, 57Street, New York
1988 M.A.T. Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1988 Lawrence Gallery, New York
1987 Alex Gallery, Washington, DC
1985 Victor Art Gallery, New York
1983 LeMire Gallery, New Orleans
1983 H.H. Leonard Gallery, Washington, DC
1981 Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest
1979 “Simeza” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1977 National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania
1977 Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest
1970 Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest
1969 “Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest
1960 Puskin Museum, Moscow, USSR
1956 Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest
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