{"id":28258,"date":"2026-01-22T14:53:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/?p=28258"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:54:04","slug":"constantin-brancusi-o-coloana-fara-sfarsit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/eveniment\/constantin-brancusi-o-coloana-fara-sfarsit\/","title":{"rendered":"Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi, o coloan\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"127\" height=\"198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28259\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6414364213296184;width:287px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sculptor. Dup\u0103 ce urmeaz\u0103 \u015ecoala de Arte \u015fi Meserii la Craiova (1894-1898), vine la Bucure\u015fti, unde absolv\u0103 \u015ecoala de Belle &#8211; Arte \u00een 1902. Timp de doi ani, \u00eentre 1900 \u015fi 1902, cu ajutorul doctorului Dimitrie Gerota, realizeaz\u0103 <em>Ecor\u015feu<\/em>, un studiu pentru reprezentarea corpului omenesc, lucrare c\u0103reia i se atribuie o medalie de bronz. Precizia detaliilor acestei lucr\u0103ri va face ca <em>Ecor\u015feul<\/em> s\u0103 fie folosit \u00een \u015fcolile rom\u00e2ne\u015fti de medicin\u0103, dup\u0103 ce se vor face c\u00e2teva copii, iar Marcel Duchamp va include fotografia <em>Ecor\u015feului<\/em> \u00een expozi\u0163ia pe care o va organiza la sf\u00e2r\u015fitul anului 1933 la Galeria Brummer din New York. \u00cen 1903 prime\u015fte prima comand\u0103 a unui monument public, bustul generalului medic Carol Davila, care va fi instalat la Spitalul Militar din Bucure\u015fti \u015fi reprezint\u0103 singurul monument public al lui Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi din capital\u0103. Pleac\u0103 \u00een 1904 la studii la M\u00fcnchen, dar dup\u0103 \u015fase luni o porne\u015fte pe jos prin Bavaria, Elve\u0163ia p\u00e2n\u0103 la Langres (Fran\u0163a), de unde ia trenul p\u00e2n\u0103 la Paris. \u00cen 1905 reu\u015fe\u015fte la concursul de admitere la prestigioasa <strong>\u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts<\/strong>, unde lucreaz\u0103 \u00een atelierul lui Antonin Merci\u00e9 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1906, c\u00e2nd, ating\u00e2nd limita de v\u00e2rst\u0103, p\u0103r\u0103se\u015fte \u015fcoala. Refuz\u0103 s\u0103 lucreze ca practician \u00een atelierul lui Auguste Rodin, dup\u0103 ce locuise \u00een casa acestuia. Expune pentru prima dat\u0103 la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale des Beaux-Arts \u015fi la Salon d\u2019Automne din Paris \u00een 1906. Creeaz\u0103 \u00een 1907 prima versiune a <em>S\u0103rutului<\/em>, tem\u0103 pe care o va relua sub diferite forme p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1940, culmin\u00e2nd cu <em>Poarta S\u0103rutului<\/em>, parte a ansamblului monumental din T\u00e2rgu-Jiu. \u00cen 1907 \u00eenchiriaz\u0103 un atelier \u00een Rue de Montparnasse \u015fi intr\u0103 \u00een contact cu avangarda artistic\u0103 parizian\u0103, \u00eemprietenindu-se cu Guillaume Apollinaire, Fernand L\u00e9ger, Amedeo Modigliani, Marcel Duchamp. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto2.jpg 454w, http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto2-260x173.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto2-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Va \u00eencepe lucrul la <em>Rug\u0103ciunea<\/em>, o comand\u0103 pentru un monument funerar ce va fi expus\u0103 \u00een cimitirul Dumbrava de la Buz\u0103u. \u00cen 1909 revine pentru scurt timp \u00een Rom\u00e2nia \u015fi particip\u0103 la Expozi\u0163ia oficial\u0103 de pictur\u0103, sculptur\u0103 \u015fi arhitectur\u0103. Juriul Expozi\u0163iei, prezidat de Spiru Haret, acord\u0103 premiul II ex aequo lui Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi, Paciurea, Steriadi, Petra\u015fcu, Theodorescu-Sion. Colec\u0163ionarul de art\u0103 Anastase Simu \u00eei cump\u0103r\u0103 sculptura <em>Somnul<\/em>, iar bustul \u00een ghips al pictorului Nicolae D\u0103r\u0103scu este achizi\u0163ionat de Ministerul Instruc\u0163iunii Publice. P\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1914 particip\u0103 cu regularitate la expozi\u0163ii colective din Paris \u015fi Bucure\u015fti, inaugur\u00e2nd ciclurile <em>P\u0103s\u0103ri M\u0103iestre<\/em>, <em>Muza adormit\u0103<\/em>, <em>Domni\u015foara Pogany<\/em>. \u00cen 1914 deschide prima expozi\u0163ie \u00een Statele Unite ale Americii la Photo Secession Gallery din New York City, care provoac\u0103 o enorm\u0103 senza\u0163ie. Colec\u0163ionarul american John Quinn \u00eei cump\u0103r\u0103 mai multe sculpturi, asigur\u00e2ndu-i o existen\u0163\u0103 material\u0103 prielnic\u0103 crea\u0163iei artistice. \u00cen acela\u015fi an ministrul de Interne al Rom\u00e2niei respinge proiectul monumentului lui Spiru Haret comandat cu un an \u00eenainte. Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi va p\u0103stra lucrarea \u00een atelier \u015fi o va intitula <em>F\u00e2nt\u00e2na lui Narcis<\/em>. \u00cen 1915 \u00eencepe s\u0103 execute primele lucr\u0103ri \u00een lemn: <em>Cariatide<\/em>, <em>Fiul risipitor<\/em> etc. \u00cen 1920 particip\u0103 la Festivalul Dada, unde semneaz\u0103 manifestul intitulat \u201eContre Cubisme, contre Dadaisme\u201d. \u00cen revista <em>Little Review<\/em> din New York apare \u00een 1921 primul studiu de amploare cu 24 de reproduceri din opera lui Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi, semnat de poetul american Ezra Pound. De altfel, sculptorul avea s\u0103 realizeze ulterior un celebru portret al acestuia. Particip\u0103 la o mi\u015fcare de protest contra lui Andr\u00e9 Breton \u015fi \u00een ap\u0103rarea lui Tristan Tzara. La 30 noiembrie 1924 expune la prima expozi\u0163ie interna\u0163ional\u0103 a grup\u0103rii <em>Contimporanul<\/em> din Bucure\u015fti. Doi ani mai t\u00e2rziu, la Wildenstein Galleries, New York, se deschide cea de-a doua expozi\u0163ie personal\u0103 a sa. P\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1940, activitatea creatoare se desf\u0103\u015foar\u0103 \u00een toat\u0103 amploarea ei. Operele sale de seam\u0103 din ciclul <em>Pas\u0103rea \u00een v\u0103zduh<\/em>, ciclul <em>Ovoidului<\/em>, precum \u015fi sculpturile \u00een lemn dateaz\u0103 din aceast\u0103 perioad\u0103. \u00cen acela\u015fi timp, particip\u0103 la cele mai importante expozi\u0163ii colective de sculptur\u0103 din Statele Unite ale Americii, Fran\u0163a, Elve\u0163ia, Olanda, Anglia. \u00cen atelierul s\u0103u din Impasse Ronsin, \u00een inima Parisului, \u015fi-a creat o lume a lui, cu un cadru \u015fi o atmosfer\u0103 rom\u00e2ne\u0219ti. Muzeul Na\u0163ional de Art\u0103 Modern\u0103 din Paris (Centre Pompidou) are un num\u0103r important de lucr\u0103ri ale lui Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi, l\u0103sate prin testament mo\u015ftenire Rom\u00e2niei, care le-a refuzat, dar acceptate cu bucurie de Fran\u0163a, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu tot ce se afla \u00een atelierul s\u0103u. Totu\u015fi, \u00een decembrie 1956, la Muzeul de Art\u0103 din Bucure\u015fti s-a deschis prima expozi\u0163ie personal\u0103 Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi din Europa. Abia \u00een 1964 Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi a fost \u201eredescoperit\u201d \u00een Rom\u00e2nia ca un geniu na\u0163ional \u015fi, \u00een consecin\u0163\u0103, ansamblul monumental de la T\u00e2rgu-Jiu, <em>Coloana f\u0103r\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fit<\/em>, <em>Masa t\u0103cerii<\/em> \u015fi <em>Poarta s\u0103rutului<\/em>, a putut fi pus \u00een valoare.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28261\" style=\"width:389px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto3.jpg 227w, http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/15-ap290-foto3-160x139.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Membru post-mortem al Academiei Rom\u00e2ne (1990).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Red.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculptor. Dup\u0103 ce urmeaz\u0103 \u015ecoala de Arte \u015fi Meserii la Craiova (1894-1898), vine la Bucure\u015fti, unde absolv\u0103 \u015ecoala de Belle &#8211; Arte \u00een 1902. Timp de doi ani, \u00eentre 1900 \u015fi 1902, cu ajutorul doctorului Dimitrie Gerota, realizeaz\u0103 Ecor\u015feu, un&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/eveniment\/constantin-brancusi-o-coloana-fara-sfarsit\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,501],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eveniment","category-290-ianuarie-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28264,"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28258\/revisions\/28264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slineamt.ro\/apostolul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}