Iosif FEKETE NEGRULEA, Welder, 1950

teracotta
20 x 20 x 12 cm
signed by monogram incision on the base: F I / 1950
good state of preservation

FEKETE NEGRULEA, Iosif (1903, Hunedoara - 1979, Băile Felix, Bihor)
Artistic education: Bucharest National School of Fine Arts (1921-1927), with teachers: ARTACHINO Constantin, Dimitrie MIREA, Dimitrie PACIUREA, Federick STORK; Baia Mare artistic colony (1924).
Between 1934 and 1978 he organized eleven solo exhibitions in Bucharest, Budapest, Oradea and eighteen group exhibitions. In 1954 he represented Romania at the Venice Biennale. He was awarded the Second Prize at the Official Salon of Architecture and Decorative Arts, Bucharest, 1930 and in 1973 the Union of Plastic Artists of Romania awarded him the prize for sculpture.