Petre Hârtopeanu (15 June 1913,

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— 22 March 2001,

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) was a Romanian-German

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and art professor.

Life

Hârtopeanu began his studies and work in

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. He studied at the Iași Academy of Fine Arts, where he had

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as a professor in 1937. He later became a professor and dean at the Academy of Fine Arts. After emigrating in 1970 from

, he lived in

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. Hârtopeanu was married to Frida Klamer, a medical doctor, and had two daughters.

Art

Beginning in 1975, he was a member of the Association for Free and Applied Arts EV Darmstadt, for decades a fixed place in the

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art life. From 1950, he had numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. His paintings are an expression of his intense search for the perfect effect of a particular composition. His paintings of natural or cultural landscapes were light and airy, determined by the play of light on the scene. His work often portrayed

still lifes A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, ...

using a clever arrangement with alluring colors and subtle lighting. The symbols in his

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s are often flowers, the glorification of God in his works. Plants, often tree-lined avenues represent the four seasons and symbolize the annual flow. Hartopeanu-1.jpg Hartopeanu-2.jpg Hartopeanu-3.jpg Hartopeanu-4.jpg

Books

* Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhundert

* Who's who in Western Europ

von Ernest Kay - Europe - 1981 ... S-752 45 Uppsala, Sweden Hartopeanu. Petru. b 15 June 1913 * ''Hârtopeanu.'' Editura ARC 2000, București 2003,

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartopeanu, Petre 1913 births 2001 deaths People from Botoșani County George Enescu National University of Arts alumni Romanian university and college faculty deans 20th-century Romanian painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters Expressionist painters Post-impressionist painters Romanian emigrants to Germany