Aurel Ciupe (May 16, 1900 – July 18, 1988), was a

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n painter, educator, and museum director. He authored numerous portraits, and landscape paintings, and worked within the

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movement. Ciupe was a professor at the Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj, and served as a director of the

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(now National Museum of Banat).

Biography

Aurel Ciupe was born on May 16, 1900, in

Lugoj Lugoj (; hu, Lugos; german: Lugosch; sr, Лугош, Lugoš; bg, Лугож; tr, Logoş) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves, the so-called "Romanian Lugoj" ...

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(now

). He attended secondary school in Lugoj, and graduated in 1918. Ciupe moved to Budapest to study fine art and law after secondary school. However because of the political situation and the

Hungarian–Romanian War The Hungarian–Romanian War was fought between Hungary and Romania from 13 November 1918 to 3 August 1919. The conflict had a complex background, with often contradictory motivations for the parties involved. The Allies of World War I intended ...

, he moved to Bucharest to continue his studies at the National University of Arts Bucharest (now Bucharest National University of Arts). In 1919, Ciupe received a scholarship from the governing council to study fine art in Paris, where he attended

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

until 1922. In 1924, he moves to Rome to continue his studies at

Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma is a public tertiary academy of art in Rome, Italy. It was founded in the sixteenth century, but the present institution dates from the time of the unification of Italy and the capture of Rome by the Kingdom ...

, under painter Umberto Coromaldi. After leaving Rome, he briefly moved to

Târgu Mureş Târgu (Romanian for "the market") starts off the names of several places in Romania: *Târgu Bujor *Târgu Cărbunești *Târgu Frumos * Târgu Gânguleşti *Târgu Jiu *Târgu Lăpuș * Târgu Logreşti *Târgu Mureș *Târgu Neamț *Târgu Ocna ...

to join his family. Followed by a move in 1925 to

Cluj ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

to join the newly formed "Institute of Fine Arts" in Cluj (now

Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca The Art and Design University ( ro, italic=yes, Universitatea de Artă şi Design, UAD;) is an art university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was founded on November 15, 1925, as the ''Fine Arts School of Cluj''. Formerly known as Academy o ...

). He also worked as the Museum of Banat (now National Museum of Banat) in

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

. In 1928, Ciupe won the first prize at the Bucharest Art Salon. In 1933, he moved to Târgu-Mureş to work as a museum director at the public art gallery, and took a teaching position at the public art university.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciupe, Aurel 1900 births 1988 deaths People from Lugoj 20th-century Romanian painters Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma alumni Académie Julian alumni Bucharest National University of Arts alumni Fauvism Academic staff of the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca Directors of museums in Romania People from Târgu Mureș