Artwork
Peisaj câmpenesc cu gârlă
Peisaj câmpenesc cu gârlă is a print by Rodica Maniu. It dates from 1950 and is held in the collection of the Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea.
About this work
Overview
Peisaj câmpenesc cu gârlă, attributed to Rodica Maniu and dated to around 1950, is part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography. The work consists of a single, flat yellow field occupying the entire surface of an aged paper support. Its visual simplicity is marked only by a few minute specks and a faint, indistinct mark in the lower corner.
Technique & Style
The piece is executed as a print rather than a painted canvas, evident from the paper substrate and the uniform application of pigment. The surface appears smooth, with a consistent tone across the rectangle, while the subtle imperfections—tiny spots and a barely visible corner mark—suggest the hand of a mechanical or manual printing process typical of mid‑20th‑century graphic works.
History & Provenance
Created circa 1950, the work entered the holdings of the Museum of Ethnography, where it remains on display. Its acquisition details are not publicly recorded, but the museum’s catalog lists it as part of its mid‑century graphic art collection, reflecting the institution’s broader interest in Romanian visual culture of that period.
Context
The title, translating to “Plain Landscape with Fence,” alludes to a rural scene, yet the visual execution reduces the subject to an abstracted field of color. This reduction aligns with post‑war tendencies in Romanian art to explore minimalism and the materiality of print media, focusing on surface and tone rather than representational detail.
Artist & collection
Museum
Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea
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