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Petre Achitenie
Artist-Painter
(1929-2006)
Born: May 27, 1929, Havārna, Botosani County
Dead: December 01, 2006 (buried in Straulesti 2 Cemetery,
Bucharest)
Studies
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1940-1945 - student and printer at Monastery Neamt
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1945-1948 - Academy of Arts "Guguianu", class of
prof. Camil Ressu
1948-1951 - Institute of Plastic Arts "Nicolae
Grigorescu", Bucharest, class of prof. Alexandru Ciucurencu.
Scholarship of
merit "Ion Andreescu" -
1951-1957 - Academy of Arts "Repin", Sankt
Petersburg, Russia
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1962 - Specialization at the Academy of Arts "Pietro Vanucci",
Peruggia, Italy
Professional Career
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1947 - authorized monumentalist painter, I category
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1948 - debut at State Exhibition, Bucharest
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1962-1966 - chief department Creation, Ministry of Culture, Bucharest
Personal Exhibitions
1963 - Gallery Orizont, Bucharest -
1967 - Gallery Kalinderu, Bucharest and Central Gallery, Constanta
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1967 - Palace Dante Alighieri, Rome, Italy
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1970 - Gallery Apollo, Bucharest
1989 - Retrospective, Botosani, Romania -
1990 - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
1996 - Retrospective, Gallery of the National Theater of Bucharest 1997 - House of the Latin America, Bucharest -
1998 - Gallery Constantin Brancusi, Chisinau, R.Moldova
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1999 - Gallery of Art, Bancorex, Bucharest
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2000 - Gallery of Art, Centrtal Military Cercle, Bucharest
and the City Hall of Panciu Municipality
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2000-2001 - Theater of Comedy, Bucharest
Group Exhibitions
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1963 - Berlin, Dresden
1964 - Moscow -
1965 - Berlin
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1967 - Orly, France
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1969 - Suceava, Romania
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1970 - Roma, Florence, Venice, Czechoslovakia
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1972 - Botosani, Romania
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1974 - Giulesti Theater, Bucharest
1998 - Sping Sallon, Gallery of Arts
"Apollo", Bucharest
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Beirut, Lebanon
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Tokyo, Japan
1999-2000 - Lyon, Paris, France 2001 - Exhibition of Sacred Art, Gallery of Arts
"Apollo", Bucharest
Works of Monumental Art
Trade Union Complex, Felix Baths, Oradea: ceramics,
coloured modules (cca 164 sqm) Since 1970 - tens of thousands of sqm fresco of sacred art
at different historic monuments and cultural edifices (Cathedral Uspenia,
Botosani, 1964; Cathedral of Mariners, Constanta, 1995) 1997-1998 - Cathedral "Assumption of the Virgin",
town of Dochia, R.Moldova (painting in fresco, 3000 sqm)
Artist's Works
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painted over 60 churches in Romania and Moldavia, from which
most important are the Cathedral of Botosani, the church of Constanta and
the Monastery of Drochia, Moldavia
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National Museum of Art, Bucharest
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Museum of Art Collections, Collection Weinberg, Bucharest
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Museums of Cluj-Napoca, Arad, Oradea, Timisoara, Bacau,
Sibiu, Galati, Baia Mare, Craiova, Dorohoi, Botosani, Ploiesti, Tārgu-Mures,
Cāmpulung-Muscel, Constanta
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Private Collections in Romania and Italy, France,
Switzerland, Japan, Great Britain, United Arab Emirates
Pedagogical Career
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1957 - university assistant, Chair of painting, Institute of
Plastic Arts "Nicolae Grigorescu", Bucharest
1968-1993 - emeritus university professor; ten
students promotions took benefit of master's artistic guidance
Affiliations
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1957 - member of the Union of Plastic Artists of Romania
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1968 - member of the International Association of Plastic
Arts, UNESCO
Prizes and Awards
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1968 - Cultural Order, Romania
1991-1992 - "International Man of the Year",
International Biographical Center of Cambridge, UK 1993 - "International Man of the Year" and "Honorary
Member from Abroad", The American Biographical Institute 1994 - "Honorary Citizen" of
Botosani Municipality
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1995 - Special Prize of the Union of Plastic Artists of
Romania for his longlife activity
"International Man of the Year" and
the "Golden Medal", The American Biographical Institute "Honorary Diploma" of the International
Biographical Center of Cambridge, UK
1996 - "International Man of the Year" and the "Golden
Medal",
International Biographical Center of Cambridge, UK 1998 - Medal "80 years from the union of Bessarabia
and Bucovina with the mother country, Romania", granted by the Cultural
League for All Romanians' Union
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1999 - The Golden Cross of Bessarabia
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Honorary Citizen of the town Drochia, R.Moldavia
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Grand Prize for the entire exhibition activity and in
the field of sacred art, granted by the Union of Plastic Artists, R.Moldavia
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Honorary Citizen of Bucharest Municipality
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2000 - Diploma of Excellence awarded by the City Hall of Panciu
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Honorary Citizen of Iasi Municipality
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Silver Medal awarded by Iasi Municipality
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Medal "Metropolitan Petre Movila", awarded by
the Cultural League for the Union of All Romanians
Anniversary Medal "Mihail Eminescu", granted
by the Cultural League for the Union of All Romanians -
Diploma of Merit, awarded by "Prince
Paul for Romania" Foundation
2001 - Officer of the National Order of Merit, Romania 2001 - Golden Medal "Michael the Brave" and
Diploma of Honnor 2002 - International Peace Prize and the Golden Medal, USA 2003 - Diploma of Excellence, Government of Romania
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