Petre ABRUDAN, Athletes, 1960

oil, canvas
97 x 77 cm
signed and dated upper right with green: P. Abrudan / 1960
on the back, the Cluj Fine Arts Exhibition label
good state of conservation

Petre ABRUDAN (1907, Sutoru, Sălaj - 1979, Cluj-Napoca)
Artistic education: The School of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca (1930 - 1931; 1926 - 1928) with teachers: CATUL Bogdan, Aurel CIUPE and ANASTASE Demian (Tassy).
Baia Mare painting school (1927).
He settled in Baia Mare, following the period spent in the Colony, and organized the first exhibitions together with SZERVÁTIUSZ Jenö (1932, 1935), constantly participating in the group exhibitions of the colonists. After the war, he settled in Cluj and worked as a teacher at the "Ion Andreescu" Fine Arts Institute (1950-1974).
His early style, marked by the abundance of landscapes, reflects the Baimirian manner. Later, he evolves towards the direction of the avant-garde, initially illustrated in his figurative compositions, then defining an individual stylistic phase, which characterizes his work in the 6-8 decades of the 20th century.