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Alexandru Popp
Alexandru Popp (1868, Dieci, Arad, Dieci –1949, Timișoara) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian artist and the founder of the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca, School of Arts at Cluj. Popp was born in Dieci, received his initial art education in Arad, Romania, Arad, and studied painting in Budapest from 1888 to 1896, particularly under Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz. He later worked with Károly Lotz on murals for the Hungarian Parliament Building, Parliament building, the Palace of Justice, and the Matthias Church in Budapest. In 1900, he was appointed to teach at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Academy of Applied Arts in Budapest, where he stayed until 1918. During his time in Budapest, Popp also visited Germany and Italy. After 1918, he returned to Romania, and in 1925 was asked to organize the School of Arts in Cluj. Works of Popp are kept in the Hungarian National Gallery, National Gallery of Budapest, as well as in art museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieci, Arad
Dieci ( hu, Décse) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. Dieci commune is situated in the Gurahonț Basin, on the right bank of the Crișul Alb River, and it stretches over 8469 hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...s. It is composed of five villages: Cociuba (''Köröskocsoba''), Crocna (''Koroknya''), Dieci (situated 100 km from Arad), Revetiș (''Rékes'') and Roșia (''Borosrósa''). Population According to the last census, the population of the commune counts 1754 inhabitants, out of which 98,6% are Romanians, 1,1% Roms and 0,3% are of other or undeclared nationalities. History The first documentary record of Dieci dates back to 1613. Cociuba and Roșia were attested documentarily in 1553, Crocna in 1448, while Revetiș between 1553–1561. Economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |