Juliana Fabrizius Dancu
Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu
Biography
Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu, (she/her) visual 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.[1]
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.
Artistic disciplines:
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.
Notable themes
Recurring themes in Juliana Fabrizius Dăncu's practice focus on architecture, and particularly drawings of Saxon churches around Sibiu and Brașov.
Works in collections and public recognition
- exhibited nationally and internationally, at museums, art galleries.
Scarce information on collections that include her works.
Selected exhibitions
Scarce information.
Press
- Article about her watercolours in a local Romanian Saxon minority newspaper, [2]
- Artist page in Cosmin Nasui Art Collection website[3]
Gallery Representation
- None currently know.
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