Elena POPEA, Peasant on the Way

oil, paper
23 x 30 cm
unsigned
good state of conservation
provenance: artist`s family

Elena POPEA  (Brașov, Romania, 1879  - Bucharest, Romania,  1941)
Artistic education:
Damen – Akademie, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (1909 – 1911), under the direction of professors JANK Angelo and JORDAN Jakob
André Lhote Academy, Paris, France (1922 – 1925), with teachers: SIMON Lucien and KEMPTER Caroline (Lina).
The artist has opened numerous personal exhibitions (19 national - Bucharest, Cluj - Napoca, Brașov, Oradea and international: London - England, The Hague - Netherlands, Paris - France) and has participated in 52 group exhibitions, in Paris - France and Bucharest Romania.
Also, 4 retrospective exhibitions were dedicated to him, within the national art museums (Cluj - 1975 and Brașov – 1979, 1997, 2010).
She was awarded the Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Rome - Italy, in 1909 and the First Class Medal, Bucharest - Romania, in 1921.