Juliana Fabrizius Dancu - Revision history

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	== Juliana Fabrizius ~~Dancu~~ ==		== Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu ==

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	'''Juliana Fabrizius ~~Dancu~~''', (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. 1930, Sibiu, Romania, d. 1986, Bucharest, Romania) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and Germany. Her parents were the architect Julius Alfred Fabritius and Gertruda Juliane Seraphin. The fact that her father was an architect allowed her to develop her love for old buildings from childhood, which she skillfully rendered in her watercolors. From an early age, she attended graphic arts and painting courses (in 1942, at the age of 12, she became a student of the graphic artist Hildegard Schieb, and between 1945 and 1948 she took painting lessons with the Sibiu artist Trude Schullerus), after which she studied at the Brukenthal High School in Sibiu, continuing her studies at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of professor Nicolae Dărăscu, from where she was expelled in 1951, being sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. Returned to Sibiu after that, she participated in the exhibitions of the "Union of Fine Artists". In 1958 she was hired as a restorer artist at the Brukenthal Museum, and later moved to the Village Museum in Bucharest. During this period, she also worked at the Museum of Art, for restoration purposes. She lived in Germany for two years, to paint medieval architecture, and returned to Romania in 1979 and continued to paint the medieval Saxon towns of Transylvania. In 1983 she organized a final exhibition dedicated to Saxon folk costume, which was inaugurated in Gundelsheim.<ref>https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Fabritius-Dancu</ref>		'''Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu''', (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. 1930, Sibiu, Romania, d. 1986, Bucharest, Romania) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and Germany. Her parents were the architect Julius Alfred Fabritius and Gertruda Juliane Seraphin. The fact that her father was an architect allowed her to develop her love for old buildings from childhood, which she skillfully rendered in her watercolors. From an early age, she attended graphic arts and painting courses (in 1942, at the age of 12, she became a student of the graphic artist Hildegard Schieb, and between 1945 and 1948 she took painting lessons with the Sibiu artist Trude Schullerus), after which she studied at the Brukenthal High School in Sibiu, continuing her studies at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of professor Nicolae Dărăscu, from where she was expelled in 1951, being sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. Returned to Sibiu after that, she participated in the exhibitions of the "Union of Fine Artists". In 1958 she was hired as a restorer artist at the Brukenthal Museum, and later moved to the Village Museum in Bucharest. During this period, she also worked at the Museum of Art, for restoration purposes. She lived in Germany for two years, to paint medieval architecture, and returned to Romania in 1979 and continued to paint the medieval Saxon towns of Transylvania. In 1983 she organized a final exhibition dedicated to Saxon folk costume, which was inaugurated in Gundelsheim.<ref>https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Fabritius-Dancu</ref>
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	==== Notable themes ====		==== Notable themes ====
	Recurring themes in Juliana Fabrizius ~~Dancu~~'s practice focus on [[architecture]], and particularly drawings of Saxon [[churches]] around Sibiu and Brașov.		Recurring themes in Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu's practice focus on [[architecture]], and particularly drawings of Saxon [[churches]] around Sibiu and Brașov.
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	'''~~...~~''', (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. ~~18..~~., ~~city~~) of ~~Romanian~~ ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and ~~several countries~~ of ~~choice~~, ~~such~~ as [[...]] ...		'''Juliana Fabrizius Dancu''', (she/her) visual [[Artists\|artist]], (b. 1930, Sibiu, Romania, d. 1986, Bucharest, Romania) of German ethnical background, has lived in [[Romania]] and Germany. Her parents were the architect Julius Alfred Fabritius and Gertruda Juliane Seraphin. The fact that her father was an architect allowed her to develop her love for old buildings from childhood, which she skillfully rendered in her watercolors. From an early age, she attended graphic arts and painting courses (in 1942, at the age of 12, she became a student of the graphic artist Hildegard Schieb, and between 1945 and 1948 she took painting lessons with the Sibiu artist Trude Schullerus), after which she studied at the Brukenthal High School in Sibiu, continuing her studies at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of professor Nicolae Dărăscu, from where she was expelled in 1951, being sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. Returned to Sibiu after that, she participated in the exhibitions of the "Union of Fine Artists". In 1958 she was hired as a restorer artist at the Brukenthal Museum, and later moved to the Village Museum in Bucharest. During this period, she also worked at the Museum of Art, for restoration purposes. She lived in Germany for two years, to paint medieval architecture, and returned to Romania in 1979 and continued to paint the medieval Saxon towns of Transylvania. In 1983 she organized a final exhibition dedicated to Saxon folk costume, which was inaugurated in Gundelsheim.<ref>https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Fabritius-Dancu</ref>
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	==== Arrest under communist regime ====		==== Arrest under communist regime ====
			In 1951, while studying at the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, in the class of Professor Nicolae Dărăscu, she was expelled and sentenced to two years in prison for espionage charges. The criminal record sheet states that the accused "maintained relations with persons from foreign legations", being imprisoned for 36 months. But, despite these vicissitudes, she continued her artistic work.
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	==== Artistic practice ====		==== Artistic practice ====
	...		The artist has created rich watercolours documenting the history and evolution of the Saxon communities in Romania, and the communities of Romanians, Swabians and Hungarians, living in either Romania or Germany, to which she dedicated also numerous studies and richly illustrated articles.
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	Recurring themes in X's practice ~~include the experience of~~ [[~~...~~]] and [[~~...~~]].		Recurring themes in Juliana Fabrizius Dancu's practice focus on [[architecture]], and particularly drawings of Saxon [[churches]] around Sibiu and Brașov.
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	==== Works in collections and public recognition ====		==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
	* exhibited nationally and internationally, at ~~biennales,~~ museums, art galleries.		* exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums, art galleries.
	* preselected for Evans Foundation Prize, (Arts / The Fact Finder interventions).		Scarce information on collections that include her works.
	* works ~~in public institutions collections, art museums collections and private collections~~.

	~~A selection of works are in the Romanian [[National Museum of Contemporary Art Collection]].~~
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	==== Selected exhibitions ====		==== Selected exhibitions ====
	~~===== 1~~.~~Selected solo exhibitions =====~~		Scarce information.
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	==== Press ====		==== Press ====
	*		* Article about her watercolours in a local Romanian Saxon minority newspaper, <ref>https://povestisasesti.com/2014/09/18/bisericile-fortificate-in-acuarelele-julianei-fabritius-dancu/</ref>
			* Artist page in Cosmin Nasui Art Collection website<ref>https://www.postmodernism.ro/fabritius-dancu-iuliana/</ref>
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	==== Gallery Representation ====		==== Gallery Representation ====
	*		* None currently know.
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	For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]		For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]

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	~~Other interests: Writing~~
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	==== Artistic practice ====		==== Artistic practice ====
	~~Field research & direct experience~~. ~~Socially engaged art developed at the intersection of visual art, journalism, and storytelling~~. Her practice is built around a drive to tell stories that connect with her experience as an Eastern European woman living a rather nomadic life throughout Europe. She extracts her themes directly from her nomad life though Europe, creating work on the way, within the encountered spatial and temporal restrictions, concerned with the poetics of the everyday, employing minimal gestures and observational precision to create spaces of quiet resilience when facing unfamiliar or shifting environments.		...
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==== Artistic practice ====
Field research & direct experience. Socially engaged art developed at the intersection of visual art, journalism, and storytelling. Her practice is built around a drive to tell stories that connect with her experience as an Eastern European woman living a rather nomadic life throughout Europe. She extracts her themes directly from her nomad life though Europe, creating work on the way, within the encountered spatial and temporal restrictions, concerned with the poetics of the everyday, employing minimal gestures and observational precision to create spaces of quiet resilience when facing unfamiliar or shifting environments.
 
 
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==== Works in collections and public recognition ====
* exhibited nationally and internationally, at biennales, museums, art galleries.
* preselected for Evans Foundation Prize, (Arts / The Fact Finder interventions).
* works in public institutions collections, art museums collections and private collections.

A selection of works are in the Romanian [[National Museum of Contemporary Art Collection]].
 
 
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==== Selected exhibitions ====
===== 1.Selected solo exhibitions =====
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===== 2.Selected group exhibitions =====
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==== Gallery Representation ====
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For further commercial and non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact [https://npk-east.de/en/contact/ NPK]
 
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