6. Returning from the Field

The artist studied in Munich and exhibited in Paris, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, The Hague. Generally, she spent her summers painting around Brașov or Cluj, and travelling throughout the rest of the year. As she wandered all the way to Scandinavia, Scotland, Spain and the Middle East, from each trip resulted a new series of paintings. The traditional atmosphere and the roughness of the Breton lands bring monumentality to the artist's pictorial vision, and, as a stylistic register, a closeness to Expressionism. The narrow, cold and dark chromatic reminds of Charles Cottet's painting. The Transylvanian atmosphere, the iridescent light and the collected chromatic matter offer a distant vision, typical for the sketch, leading to the dematerialisation of the motif. (E.C.)

References

Aurelia Mocanu, Bucharest - Materiale de Istorie și Muzeografie (History and Museography Materials) 1992

Dimensions

width 46 cm, height 46 cm, custom 46 × 46 cm

Description

oil on cardboard, signed bottom right, with pencil, "Elena Popea"

Research information

The artwork participated in the retrospective exhibition, "Elena Popea", Art Museum, Cluj, 1971.

PROVENANCE

Octavian Goga collection

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