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Călin Alupi (July 20, 1906 – September 19, 1988) was a Romanian
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painter, cited along with
Corneliu Baba Corneliu Baba (; 18 November 1906, Craiova – 28 December 1997) was a Romanian painter, primarily a portraitist, but also known as a genre painter and an illustrator of books. Early life Having first studied under his father, the academic pain ...
and
Alexandru Ciucurencu Alexandru Ciucurencu (; 27 September 1903 – 27 December 1977) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. Born in Tulcea, he studied from 1921 to 1926 at the National School of Fine Arts in B ...
as one of the greatest Romanian painters of the period.


Biography

Alupi was born in Vancicăuții Mari, at the time in the
Bessarabia Governorate The Bessarabia Governorate was a province (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Kishinev (Chișinău). It consisted of an area of and a population of 1,935,412 inhabitants. The Bessarabia Governorate bordered t ...
, the son of two peasants, Teodor and Antonina Alupi. His father died in
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, while fighting in Galicia as a soldier in the
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. Călin Alupi attended high school in
Șendriceni Șendriceni is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hun ...
, where his desire to paint was sparked at age 13 by his teacher, Nicolae Popovici Lespezi. In 1925 he entered the
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in
Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the Cities in Romania, third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical ...
, where he was mentored by
Ștefan Dimitrescu Ștefan Dimitrescu (January 18, 1886 – May 22, 1933) was a Romanian Post-Impressionism, Post-impressionist painter and draftsman. Biography Born in Huşi, Huși into a modest family, he completed his primary and secondary studies in his ho ...
. By 1933 he began to exhibit his work, both individually and with other painters. When
Nicolae Tonitza Nicolae Tonitza (; April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, Engraving, engraver, Lithography, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-Impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in ...
was commissioned to decorate the , he chose Alupi, together with Corneliu Baba and Mihai Cămăruț to be part of his group of apprentices. After
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broke out, he was conscripted in 1940 and posted to the front line, where he remained until 1944, when he returned by foot from
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. In 1945, lieutenant in reserve Alupi was awarded the
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, Knight rank. In 1947 he became a professor at the School of Fine Arts in Iași and married Sanda Constantinescu Ballif. Their daughter, Antonina, who was born in 1950, also became a painter. He died in
Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the Cities in Romania, third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical ...
, at age 82 and was buried in the city's Eternitatea Cemetery. In March 2010, the City Hall of the
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hosted the ''Sinceritate'' Exhibition, the first large exhibition of Călin Alupi in
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, with about 100 paintings presented.


Paintings in public collections

Pictures of these paintings can be seen in th
online catalogue raisonné


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,
Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the large ...

* 1965, ''Golia Monastery'', oil on canvas 59 x 62.5 cm, visible in the permanent collection (room 429 of the General Staff Building which hosts the famous impressionists' collection of the museum)


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Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionMusée des Beaux-Arts

* circa 1956, ''Antonina'', oil on cardboard, 42 x 33.5 cm


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, "Les Franciscaines" museum

* 1984, ''White horses in the meadows'', pastel, 44 x 63 cm


Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...


Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...


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National Museum of Art of Romania The National Museum of Art of Romania () is located in the Royal Palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest. It features collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian r ...

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= ''Charcoal''

= * before 1978, ''Boilermaker'', 30 x 23.5 cm * avant 1978, ''Machinist milling'', 23.5 x 30 cm


= ''Pastel''

= * 1948, ''Women from the
Maramureș ( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...
at Work in the Field'', 30 x 24 cm * 1953, ''For Peace'', 57.5 x 47 cm * 1953, ''Poet Mihai Codreanu'', 61 x 49 cm * 1953, ''Poet Mihai Codreanu (profile)'', 61 x 49 cm * 1954, ''Painter
Octav Băncilă Octav Băncilă (; 4 February 1872 – 3 April 1944) was a Romanian Realism (arts), realist painter and left-wing activist. He was the brother of Sofia Nădejde, a Feminism, feminist journalist, and the brother-in-law of (an Atheism, atheist an ...
's House'', 47.5 x 70 cm * Before 1956, ''Campina Refinery'', 51.5 x 64.5 cm * 1956, ''Girl Portrait - Popovici'', 51.5 x 64.5 cm * 1960, ''The Ruins of Old Rodna Fortress'', 76 x 56.5 cm * poate 1960-61, ''Workers at an oil well'', 50 x 70 cm * 1975, ''Visitors at
Râșnov Fortress Râșnov Fortress ( , , ) is a medieval ''Refuge castle, Fliehburg''-type fortress, which offered refuge for townspeople and villagers from the area in times of war. It is situated in Râșnov, Brașov County, not far from Brașov. Built as part ...
'', 61.5 x 50 cm * 1975, ''Medieval Walls'', 61.5 x 50 cm * 1977, '' Copou Gardens'', 43 x 57 cm


= ''Oil''

= * 1946, ''Houses along a construction field'', 66 x 78 cm * poate 1950, ''
Turdaș Turdaș (, ) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Pricaz (''Perkász''), Râpaș (''Répás''), Spini (''Pád''), and Turdaș. Turdaș lies on the left bank of the Mureș River, which surroun ...
Peasant'', 43 x 37 cm


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National History Museum of Romania The National History Museum of Romania () is a museum located at 12 Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times. Overview The museum is located inside the former P ...

= * 1946-47, ''Old Iasi Corner'', oil on cardboard, 50 x 36 cm


=

Parliament of Romania The Parliament of Romania () is the national Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber of Deputies () and the Senate of Romania, Senate (). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament i ...

= * perhaps 1982, ''Lane to
Neamț Monastery The Neamț Monastery () is a Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Romania. It was built in the 15th century, and it is an example of medieval Moldavian architectur ...
'', oil, 50 x 62.2 cm * pearhaps 80's, ''Bunch of flowers with red berries on a green background'', oil on cardboard, 60 x 71 cm * perhaps 80's, ''Hlincea Landscape (or
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?)'', pastel, 41 x 54.5 cm


Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the Cities in Romania, third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical ...


= Iași Art Museum

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= ''Drawing''

= * Before 1956, ''Painter drawing'', charcoal and chalk, 67.2 x 50 cm * 1957 or 1963, ''The Woman who inspired Rebreanu's character "Ana" in his novel "Ion", aged 75 (her real name is Rodovica Boldijer)'', colored drawing, 28 x 19 cm


= ''Pastel''

= * 1949, '' Cetățuia Belltower'', 29.5 x 22 cm * 1949, ''Young woman's head'', 23 x 17 cm * 1952, ''Amidst
Bucium The ''bucium'' (, also called ''trâmbiţă'' or ''tulnic'') is a type of alphorn from Romania and Moldova. The word is derived from Latin '' bucinum'', originally meaning "curved horn", an instrument used by the Romans. The word is a cogna ...
Vignards'', 46 x 62 cm * 1954, ''Portrait of a Korean Student'', 55.5 x 44.3 cm * 1955, ''Comrade Mititelu - Workshop CFR -
Ilie Pintilie Ilie Pintilie (1903 – 10 November 1940) was a Romanian communist railroad worker and activist of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR). Born in Iași, Pintilie joined the labour movement as an apprentice at the CFR workrooms in Nicolina-Iași ...
'', 56.5 x 48 cm * 1957, ''The Model'', 65 x 50 cm * 1958, ''Twilight'', 51 x 62 cm * 1962, ''
Abrud Abrud (;Ștefan Pascu: A History of Transylvania, Dorset Press, 1990, , ; ) is a town in the north-western part of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, located on the river Abrud. It administers three villages: Abrud-Sat (''Abrudfalva''), Gura C ...
Landscape'', 68 x 50 cm * 1962, ''Street view in Abrud'', 70 x 50 cm * 1965, ''House in a vineyard (brigade post #1 Bucium'', 50 x 69 cm * 1977, ''House amidst gardens - Bucium'', 41 x 59 cm * 1984, ''Horse in the landscape'', 48 x 61 cm


= ''Oil''

= * 1934, ''Portretul lui Emanoil Bardasare'', 76 x 62 cm * 1934, ''Portrait of an old man'', 70.5 x 50 cm * 1939, ''Tuberoses'', 70 x 52 cm * Before 1946, ''Nocturne (Between the buildings)'', 67 x 47 cm * 1947, ''Winter - Underwear hanging on a clothline'', 49 x 36 cm * 1948, ''Study (
1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
)'', 86 x 100 cm * 1956, ''Tătărași landscape (Iasi-Prut pipe yard)'', 84 x 110 cm * 1963, ''Portrait in blue'', 83 x 66 cm * Before 1967, ''Sentinel in post'', 44 x 33 cm * 1967, ''Sadoveanu House'', 63 x 79 cm * Maybe 70's, ''Young redhead woman in a green dress'' * 1973, ''Ghelari Church in the mist'', 50 x 70 cm * 1974, ''Self-portrait'', 65 x 54 cm * 1976, ''House in Corni'', 51 x 68 cm * 1977, '' "1907" Series - The Gendarmes come into the Village'', 64 x 79 cm * 1977, ''Winter in Bucharest (dusk between the buildings)'', 96 x 74 cm


= The Ilisei Collection at the

Frumoasa Monastery The Frumoasa Monastery () is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located at 1 Radu Vodă Street, in the neighborhood of Iași, Romania. Built between 1726 and 1733, by Moldavian Prince Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica (1695 – 3 September 1752) ...
, Iași

= * Perhaps 80's, ''Flowers - cold harmony'', pastel, 51.5 x 41 cm * Perhaps 70's, ''Isolated mansion before the storm'', oil on cardboard, 50 x 62 cm * Perhaps 80's, ''Chrysanthemums'', oil on cardboard, 50 x 38 cm


= National Literature Museum in Iasi

= * circa 1934, Actor Miluță Gheorghiu, oil on cardboard


Bacău Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...


= Regional Art Museum

= * 1963, ''Landscape with a bull'', oil on cardboard, 49.5 x 61.5 cm * Before 1964, ''Portrait of a female student'', oil on canvas, 70 x 53.5 cm * Before 1967, ''Writer
Demostene Botez Demostene Botez (July 2, 1893 – March 18, 1973) was a Romanian poet and prose writer. Born in Trușești (then called ''Hulub''), Botoșani County, his parents were Anghel Botez, a Romanian Orthodox priest, and his wife Ecaterina (''née'' Chir ...
'', oil on canvas, 75.5 x 55.5 cm


= House for Culture

= * ''Study (woman's head)'' * 1961, ''The miner's son'', oil on cardboard, 62 x 47 cm, signed upper right in white


Fălticeni Fălticeni (; ''; ;'' ) is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Western Moldavia. According to the 2021 census, Fălticeni is the third largest urban settlement in the county. It was declared ...


= „

Ion Irimescu Ion Irimescu (27 February 1903 – 28 October 2005) was one of Romania's greatest sculptors and sketchers as well as a member of the Romanian Academy. In 2001 he was awarded the Prize of Excellence for Romanian Culture. He is often referred to a ...
” Art Museum

= * 1949, ''Mariana'', pastel, 26 x 18 cm, signed lower right * 1960, ''The Ranger's daughter'', pastel, 45 x 34 cm


= Museum Corner Grigore Ilisei (at the town library „Eugen Lovinescu”)

= * 1987, ''Ecaterina'', dark sanguine, 25 x 20 cm


Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț (; ; ) is the capital city of Neamț County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern Romania. Because of its very privileged location in the Divisions of the Carpathians, Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is con ...
, Regional Art Museum

* poate 1958, ''Bistrița Landscape'', oil on cardboard, 54 x 70 cm


Suceava Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban ...
,
Bukovina Museum The Bukovina Museum (') is a museum located in the Romanian middle-sized town of Suceava, the seat of Suceava County, named after the historical region of Bukovina (the southern part) which Suceava can be also perceived as a capital cultural of ...

* 1949, ''Knitting'', pastel, 35 x 25.5 cm * 1974, ''
Ciprian Porumbescu Ciprian Porumbescu (; born Cyprian Gołęmbiowski on 14 October 1853 – 6 June 1883) was a Romanian composer born in Șipotele Sucevei in Bucovina. He was among the most celebrated Romanian composers of his time; his popular works include ...
's Village'', pastel, 48 x 64 cm * Before 1965, ''Female Worker'', oil on cardboard, 40.5 x 32 cm


Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. Origin of the ...
, Regional Art Museum

* ''Portrait - Ant Sofia'', oil on cardboard, 61 x 45 cm * ''Still Life with vegetables'', oil on cardboard, 50 x 70 cm * 1947-48, ''Locomotive engineer'', oil on cardboard, 19 x 17 cm * Before 1960, ''The Poiana Câmpina Workshops'', pastel, 65 x 51 cm * Before 1960, ''
Neamț Monastery The Neamț Monastery () is a Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Romania. It was built in the 15th century, and it is an example of medieval Moldavian architectur ...
Tower'', pastel, 66 x 50.5 cm, in the permanent collection of the Ștefan Luchian Museum of Ștefănești * 1985, ''Industrial Landscape - CUG factory in Iasi'', pastel, 80 x 62 cm


Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The Sud-Est (development region), ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2021 Romanian ...
, Regional Art Museum

* 1953, ''Washerwoman with laundry'', pastel, 66 x 52 cm


Bistrița-Năsăud,

Liviu Rebreanu Liviu Rebreanu (; November 27, 1885 – September 1, 1944) was a Romanian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and journalist. Life Born in Felsőilosva (now Târlișua, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania), then part of the King ...
Memorial Museum

* maybe after 1956, ''Ion's Hotplates in a country house (L. Rebreanu museum in Prislop)'', pastel, 38 x 28 cm * 1957 or 1963?, ''Rodovica Boldijer, the Woman who inspired Rebreanu's character "Ana" in his novel Ion, aged 75'', oil on canvas, 55 x 42 cm


Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...
, Regional Art Museum

* ''Glade'', oil on cardboard, 49 x 69 cm * ''Portrait of a woman with a blue beret'', oil on cardboard, 53.3 x 40 cm


Unidentified Romanian Museum or Institute

* 1971, ''Sanda reading'', pastel, 31 x 27 cm, former SCCE collection (Socialist Counsel for Culture and Education). The paintings of the SCCE have been sent to various Romanian museums during the 80's. * 1974, ''
Tulcea Tulcea (; also known by #Names, alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 65,624 . One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city. It is one ...
'', oil on canvas, 46.5 x 60.5 cm, ex-CCES too. These two paintings were reproduced in the Catalogue of the Bucharest National Museum solo exhibit of 1978. * Before 1979, ''Portrait of a man with beard and mustache'', oil on cardboard, 35 x 33 cm, a file with description and blur black & white picture can be found on the site culturalia.ro. This painting was in
Câmpulung Muscel Câmpulung (also spelled ''Cîmpulung'', , , Old Romanian ''Dlăgopole'', ''Длъгополе'' (from Middle Bulgarian), or ''Câmpulung Muscel'') is a municipiu, city in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is attested on the Fra Mauro map fro ...
in 1979.


Gallery

File:Golia.jpg, ''Golia Monastery'' (1965), oil on canvas, 59 x 62.5 cm, Saint Petersburg, Russia,
Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the large ...
File:Antonina at 6 years old.jpg, ''Antonina'' (about 1956), oil on cardboard, 42 x 33.5 cm, Nice, France, Musée des Beaux-Arts


References


External links


The ''Sinceritate'' Exhibition in Paris, March 10–27, 2010
Created by Călin Alupi in 1983, it provides art courses and painting workshops in Paris and other spots in France. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alupi, Calin 1906 births 1988 deaths People from Chernivtsi Oblast People from Bessarabia Governorate George Enescu National University of Arts alumni 20th-century Romanian painters Romanian military personnel of World War II Knights of the Order of the Crown (Romania) Academic staff of the George Enescu National University of Arts Burials at Eternitatea cemetery