Silvia Cambir

Silvia Cambir
Born (1924-01-24)January 24, 1924
Hanu Conachi, Romania
Died 2007
Nationality Romanian
Education University of Bucharest
Known for Painting
Movement Expressionism

Silvia Cambir (24 January 1924 - 2007) is a Romanian Expressionist painter, portraitist, and book illustrator.[1]

Born in Hanul Conache, Galați County, Cambir studied at the University of Bucharest Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, as well as at the Academy of Fine Arts under Camil Ressu.[2] She became a member of the Union of Romanian Visual Artists (UAP) in 1956. Her work has won acclaim from local art critics such as Petru Comarnescu, Ion Frunzetti and Dan Grigorescu.[2] In 2006, she was awarded the annual UAP Grand Prize.[2]

Cambir is the most aged in a group of poets who regularly visit the Bulgarian town of Balchik.[3] Their en plein air works are regularly showcased in group exhibits.[3] She is also the author of a dictionary on Romanian art.[2]

Awards

  • 2004 - Samuil Rosei Award
  • 2005 - Margareta Sterian Award
  • 2006 - UAP Grand Prize

References

  1. ↑ "Cambir Silvia". artindex.ro. Art Inces. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Omul zilei - Silvia Cambir". Jurnalul Naţional (in Romanian). 2007-05-13. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  3. 1 2 "Balcicul, o nostalgie care revine". Adevărul (in Romanian). 2007-12-03. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-30.


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