Aurica Pânzaru is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at National Museum of Romanian History.

Aurica Pânzaru didn’t set out to be an artist—she was a high school math and physics teacher in Dorohoi who kept brushes in her desk. In 1978 she painted Nicolae Ceaușescu’s portrait on cardboard and signed it over to him, a strange footnote in Cold War Romania. Look up the print titled “Pablou, ulei pe carton” and you’ll see a dictator reduced to polite oils, the grim joke of an ordinary teacher slipping a framed portrait to power.

Works by Aurica Pânzaru

Pablou, ulei pe carton, portret Nicolae Ceaușescu. Oferit lui Nicolae Ceaușescu de Aurica Pânzaru, prof. de matematică fizică din Dorohoi, 23 ianuarie 1978.

Collections represented

Museum

National Museum of Romanian History

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.