Added on date: 2019-23-01 by Petrovici Vasile

Vasile Popa - Paintings, graphics

Vasile Popa was born on July 20, 1957 in Ungureni- Mănești village, Dâmbovița County. He attended the Art School in Târgoviște, guided by the professor Marin Petre Constantin. He then graduated from the Academy of Fine and Decorative Arts in Bucharest, having as professors Ion Bitzan, Vasile Chinski, Ion Salișteanu and Dan Cristian Popescu, Both as a student and afterwords, he showed great interest in artistic anatomy, perspective and the techniques of oil painting. He is also attracted by the urban landscape, which dominates his painting. He paints in nature, which makes his work more credible.

For his work he acquires the best colors, oils and pigments, with a preference for colors OLD HOLLAND and old Romanian colors. However, he often uses his own expertise in the preparation of colors, media and paint oils, because the painter believes that certain performances can not be obtained without adequate material. He is thrilled when he succeeds in making pictorial matter thats help him achieve a work as he wished. It is noteworthy that, after many experiences and having read old painting treaties, he managed to rediscover the formula of the old Romanian colors.

He is part of a family of artists, both his wife and son being painters.

He reads a lot, likes to comment on what he has read and has a tendency to pass on his knowledge to others. He consults old painting treatises, history of arts and styles, books you can find in his library along with contemporary ones. of the "market", he has a healthy dose of selfcriticism and believes that the painter's mission is to continuously work and avoid wasting his energy in other endeavours.

Author: PetroviciVasile
Publishing Year: 2018
Publishing House: PIM
Number of pages: 196