Artwork
PANOU DECORATIV CU CERBI ȘI PĂSĂRI
PANOU DECORATIV CU CERBI ȘI PĂSĂRI is an unspecified painting by Micaela Eleutheriade. It dates from 1941 and is held in the collection of the National Museum of Art of Romania.
About this work
Overview
PANOU DECORATIV CU CERBI ȘI PĂSĂRI, executed around 1941 by Romanian artist Micaela Eleutheriade, presents a decorative composition that juxtaposes animal figures with abstracted ornamental motifs. The work is rendered on a light beige ground, where two deer—one dark, one brown—are positioned in profile, their limbs extended and antlers displayed, set amid a network of colorful geometric shapes.
Subject & Meaning
The central figures are a pair of deer, rendered in profile and oriented toward the right, suggesting movement or a shared direction. Their contrasting coats—black and brown—highlight natural variation, while the surrounding abstract forms in yellow, green and blue introduce a rhythmic, almost musical quality that may allude to harmony between fauna and decorative patterning.
Technique & Style
Eleutheriade employs a textured, uneven surface that reveals the physicality of the paint. Broad, visible brushstrokes convey a spontaneous energy, and the simplified, bold shapes surrounding the animals reflect a decorative modernist approach. The palette combines muted earth tones of the deer with vivid primary colors, creating a visual tension between realism and abstraction.
History & Provenance
Created circa 1941, the panel belongs to the period when Eleutheriade explored decorative motifs within a figurative framework. While specific ownership records are limited, the work has been referenced in collections focusing on Romanian 20th‑century art and is occasionally cited in exhibitions of decorative painting from the era.
Artist & collection
Artist
Micaela Eleutheriade (1900–1982) was a noted Romanian painter and engraver. She was a descendant, through her mother, of the painter Gheorghe Tattarescu, the pioneer of neoclassicism in Romania.
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