Romanian cartoonist Gheorghita Ghinea - URIASU passed away

Romanian cartoonist Gheorghita Ghinea - URIASU passed away (1956-2008)
The Romanian cartoonist Gheorghita Ghinea - URIASU (the giant) passed away at the age of 52 of heart attack on 28 October 2008. He lived and worked in Plopeni, a city near Ploiesti. He was an excellent press cartoonist and a painter. He published over 7,000 cartoons in several newspapers and magazines and he won many prizes in competitions. In 2008 he was awarded with the Prize for Cartoon of the Romanian Press Club, the biggest recognition of a press cartoonist in the country.
This report by Florian-Doru Crihana fdcrihana@yahoo.com

Exhibition "Masters of ZEMUN and Collection Crihana"

Exhibition "Masters of ZEMUN and Collection Crihana" 15-29 October 2008

The exhibition brings together ten cartoonists, illustrators of domestic and international politics in Serbia and Romania. The works come from two private collections of the two countries, namely, Salon International Caricature Zemun collection and collection of Galatean cartoonist Florian Doru Crihana.

International cartoon Saloon Zemun was founded in 1995 and quickly became known in the world, and now is living in a selective manner, that is participation is based on special invitation. Thus, the event was posted by salons and festivals in the cartoon world, dominated debut artists and amateurs.

"Collection Crihana" was founded in 2000, through acquisitions and exchanges of works that cartoonist Florian Doru Crihana did with Romanian authors in particular, but also with colleagues abroad. In only 4 years, the collection was presented to Cartoon Museum in Warsaw and the House of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo. Florian Doru Crihana organized with his collection over 80 exhibitions in Galati, Bucharest, Warsaw, Gabrovo, Bielefeld, Istanbul, Urziceni, Gura Humorului, Oostende.

Ten cartoonists who exposed in the Romanian Literature Museum are particularly active in Serbia and Romania. They are: Slobodan Srdic, Dusan Gadjanski, Vladan Nikolic, Vlado Volas, Slobodan Obradovic, Devis Grebu, Octavian Bour, Constantin Ciosu, Mihai Panzaru-PIM, Dan Silviu Turculet. Among the Serbian artists are the great masters Slobodan Obradovic and Slobodan Srdic with over 50 years of activity in every area and the Romanian cartoonists Devis Grebu, Octavian Bour and Constantin Ciosu with a long activity in Romania and the West - Devis Grebu, for instance, the illustrator and a columnist at the daily newspaper with a presence for decades in famous publications Le Monde, The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and more.

The exhibition is the third in the series of Serbo-Romanian presentations. The first two took place in 2006 the "Exhibit Serbia - Romania" and in 2007 the "Serbia vs. Crihana" exhibition.

See works at: http://colectiacrihana.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/artistii/

3rd INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST URZICENI - ROMANIA

“REVELIONUL CARICATURISTILOR” 2008, URZICENI, ROMANIA The 14th Edition
URZICENI - ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST The 3rd Edition
RULES
Contest is open to all cartoonists, both professional and amateurs.
Theme: “Freedom is not Free”
Entries: max.5
The works must be accompanied by the author’s biography.
Size: A4 (210x297 mm) – A3 (297x420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: 10th December 2008
Prizes:
First Prize – 1000 $
Second Prize – 700 $
Third Prize – 500 $
One Special Prize of 600 $ for a portrait of a well known world personality – any domain.
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy.
Remark: the works will be not returned, they will remain the property of the House of Culture Urziceni for the future exhibitions.
Director Festival, NICOLAE PETRACHE
Contact details:Tel: 0040 722 433 933 ; 0040 243 254 020.
petras23n@yahoo.com
fdcrihana@hotmail.com
The works should be sent to:
CENTRUL CULTURAL MUNICIPAL URZICENI, CALEA BUCURESTI NR.27, 925300 URZICENI – IALOMITA, ROMANIA.

International festival GREAT ROMANIAN PERSONALITIES

INVITATION - CRN
INVITATION

Cartoonists association CRN from Eastern Europe

invite you to participate at

International festival GREAT ROMANIAN PERSONALITIES

from http://www.caricatura.ro/

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Rule:

- Theme: GREAT ROMANIAN PERSONALITIES. You can find Romanian personalities at http://www.caricatura.ro/great_personalities_2008.htm

- Size: free

- Number of drawings: free

- Computer art will be accepted at resolution 300 dpi for size 21X30 cm or more, preferable JPEG. Send your drawings at both emails: caragiale.2008@yahoo.com and crn@rdslink.ro

- Exhibition will be organized at fin of November 2008 and will be itinerate in many town until next edition.

- Prizes: 20 artists will be invited at a short holiday in Romania in June, 2009. All expenses will be suportef from organizers.

- All participants will received the catalogue free of charge.

- Address for the sending of the originals:

Nicolae Ionita

Str-Eminescu, nr-28A, bl-Gioconda, ap-27,

100329 - Ploiesti, ROMANIA