Geometrie Casuali I, 1973-1975, oil on canvas, 70×70 cm

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BIOGRAPHY

Vincentiu Grigorescu (1923 – 2012) studied architecture and arts in Bucharest. In the late 1940s, he dedicated himself to graphic design, becoming one of the leading creators of postal stamps. Driven by his constant struggle to break free from the impositions of Socialist Realism, he became drawn to geometric expression and abstraction.

In 1972, after participating in exhibitions abroad, he sought political asylum in Italy, where he went on to reside and work for forty years in Milan and Castelnuovo Magra (Liguria). He had never returned to Romania. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Vincentiu Grigorescu established a close collaboration with gallery owner Zita Vismara in Milan, who organized his most significant exhibitions from that period. Additionally, he held a major solo show in 1975 at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM) in Turin, curated by Angelo Dragone. He consistently garnered recognition from notable art critics such as Gillo Dorfles, Alberto Veca, Angelo Dragone, Ottorino Villatora, and Marzia Ratti, the director of CAMeC in La Spezia, Italy.

His collaboration with Marzia Ratti over the last two decades placed him within the realm of Italian Abstraction, aligning him conceptually with esteemed figures like Alberto Burri, Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, and Piero Manzoni. His works and interventions on canvas and other painting materials positioned him alongside the “triad” of Manzoni, Castellani, and Bonalumi.

Following his passing in 2012, his works featured the same year in the exhibition “Superfici Sensibili – Dialoghi con il Supporto,” curated by Marzia Ratti at CAMeC in La Spezia. This exhibition showcased a selection of renowned modern and contemporary Italian artists.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
MNAR (National Museum of Art), Bucharest, MNAC (Contemporary Art Museum), Bucharest, GAM (Galleria d’Arte Moderna), Torino, CAMeC (Centro d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia), La Spezia, MARe (Muzeul de Arta Recenta), Bucharest

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
E.G.Robinson, W. Rogers, F. Shakespeare, F. von Thyssen, M. Pierborg, S. Brody, L. Pomini, P. Capitini, F. Wojda and others

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogue ‘Art in Embassies Exhibition’, United States Embassy, Bucharest | Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 2016
OEUVRES | Vincentiu Grigorescu, Fundatia Joana Grevers, Bucharest 2014
Dialoghi con il supporto. Territori di contatto fra percosi di ricerca. Dedicatto a Vincentiu Grigorescu. Marzia Ratti, 2012
Pensando alla “natura morta” | R. Crivelli, Galleria San Marco, Seregno 1985
Vincentiu Grigorescu | Alberto Veca, Vismara Arte Contemporanea, Milano 1980
Le geometrie casuali | Alberto Veca, Gala International – Attualita e informazione visiva, a. XIII, n.77, pg. 40-41, May 1976
Vincentiu Grigorescu | Gilo Dorfles, Galleria Vismara, Milano 1976
Vincentiu Grigorescu | Angelo Dragone, Galleria D’Arte Moderna Torino, Torino 1975
Vincentiu Grigorescu et sept autres artistes roumains | J. Pigeon, La libre belgique, 8 January 1974
Vincentiu Grigorescu: d’etonnantes tapisseries a Bruxelles | J. Pigeon, La libre belgique, 17 May 1974
Pittori e scultori romeni all Promotrice | La Stampa, 1 marzo 1969

SELECTED VIDEO
Le grande tele | Vincentiu Grigorescu, Solo Show, Cetate, 2016
Le tele II | Vincentiu Grigorescu, Solo Show, Bucharest, 2016
Le tele I | Vincentiu Grigorescu, Solo Show, Bucharest, 2015

SELECTED ARTICLES
Wiederentdeckung der rumänischen abstrakten Kunst | ADZ, Aida Ivan, September 2016
Vincenţiu Grigorescu la 418gallery | Revista Luceafarul, Iolanda Malamen, November 2015
418 Contemporary Art Gallery  at Viennafair  | Art Guide East, Kinga Hamvai, October 2014
Abstract si viu, cum e posibil | Contributors, Magdalena Marculescu, May 2014
Muzica formelor si culorilor | Cotidianul, July 2014
Romul Nutiu, Vicentiu Grigorescu si Diet Sayler sau mica pledoarie … | Artindex.ro, MC, June 2013
Vincentiu Grigorescu | Mostre d’arte, Corriere della sera, T.Trini. 1980
Mari astratti | Corriere della sera, Alberto Tommaso Galimberti, 1976
Pictori romani in “Spazio d’arte” | Olga Carasso, 1970
Plakat 1968 | Kultura Sztuka, Ignacy Witz, 1968
In einer Bukarester Ateliersiedlung | Thomas Ross, 1966