To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, 2026 was declared by the President of Romania the Year of Constantin Brâncuși. Constantin Brâncuși, one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, was born in 1876 in Hobița, Gorj County, and passed away in 1957 in Paris; he was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery. In 1904 he arrived in Paris, where he attended courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. There he also worked in the studio of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the founder of modern sculpture, and met Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920), the Italian sculptor settled in France. Inspired by the work of these artists, he perfected his artistic training in Paris. His works are held in museums both at home and abroad, in the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, France, and the United States of America. For his outstanding merits he was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania in 1923; in 1931 Nicolae Iorga proposed him for the Order of Cultural Merit; and only in 1990 was he posthumously elected a member of the Romanian Academy. One of the artist's most famous creations is the sculpture Mademoiselle Pogany, considered a national symbol of modern Romanian art. Its protagonist was Margaret Pogany (1879-1964), a young Hungarian painter who came to Paris in 1909 to study painting techniques. Visiting her studio, she asked the sculptor to make her portrait, even leaving him a photograph and a self-portrait. In 1911 Brâncuși sculpted her likeness from memory in marble and in bronze, focusing on the deep, large, almond-shaped eyes, the subdued eyebrows, the narrow nose, the small mouth, the austere hairstyle and the modest gesture of the hands, rested against the face. Between 1912 and 1933 he produced nineteen versions of Mademoiselle Pogany. The commemorative medal "Constantin Brâncuși (1876-1976). Expoziție Filatelică Omagială - București 1976" was struck in Romania at the State Mint by the engraver Ștefan Grudinschi. Executed in bronze with a diameter of 60 mm and a weight of 113.73 g, the medal is remarkable for its memorial and artistic value. Obverse: the sculptor's bust facing left, with the semicircular legend "CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUȘI - 1876-1976." Reverse: a fragment of the triptych The Gate of the Kiss. Semicircular legend: "EXPOZIȚIA FILATELICĂ OMAGIALĂ - BUCUREȘTI 1976." The medal "Constantin Brâncuși. Mademoiselle Pogany. Craiova Art Museum. 1987" was also executed in bronze at the State Mint (Bucharest); it has a nominal diameter of 60 mm (because of the circular cutting the actual dimensions are D: 45 mm; weight: 53.55 g). The obverse shows, in the central field, an image of the Craiova Art Museum framed by the semicircular legend "MUZEUL DE ARTĂ - CRAIOVA / 1987." The reverse depicts a replica of the sculpture Mademoiselle Pogany made by Brâncuși's pupil O. Moșescu, accompanied by the inscription "CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUȘI - M-elle POGANY / 1913."
• Nicolae Răileanu, Din istoria Muzeelor Moldovei. Muzeul de Antichități al Nataliei Sicard din Vadul lui Vodă • Grigore Jitaru, Blazoanele dinastice și stema de stat a Moldovei • Vlad D. Ghimpu, Biserica Adormirii Maicii Domnului de la mănăstirea Căpriana • Vasile Negruță, Dan Suruceanu, Creația Zugravului Gherasim șl sculptorului D. Ştefan la răscrucea secolelor XVIII-XIX • Vasile Haheu, Cetățile traco-geto-daclce și elemente de urbanizare la tracii de nord • Alexandru Levinschi, Atelierele de ceramică de la Soloncenl și unele probleme privind olăritul la purtătorii culturii Sântana da Mureș-Cerneahov
II. Arheologie și Istorie veche
• Ilie Borziac, Philip Allsworth, Nicolae Chetraru, Cercetări interdisciplinare în grotele paleolitice din Nord-Vestul Moldovei • Serghei Covalenco, Nicolae Chetraru, Așezarea mezolltlcâ de la Sărăteni • Oleg Levițki, Tatiana Demcenco, Tumuli din epoca fierului timpuriu de lângă satul Cotiujeni • Serghei Agulnlcov, Cociulia - Cetățuie în codrii Tighecilor • Natalia Mateevici, Piese arheologice provenite din colecția lui Ion Surucean • Ilie Borziac, Alexei Zagaievschi, Cele mai vechi file din istoria satului Cosăuți
III. Istorie medievală
• Ion Hâncu, Rezultatele cercetărilor arheologice de la biserica cu pronaosul lărgit din Orheiul Vechi • Pavel Bârnea, Despre soarta istorică a Orheiului Vechi • Petre Beșliu, Contribuția universității săsești la consolidarea sistemului de fortificații din defileul Oltului • Ana Boldureanu, Vera Paiul, Tezaurul monetar de la Gârbova • Mihai Onilă, Eparhia Chișinăului și Hotinului (180 ani de la organizare)
IV . Istorie modernă și contemporană
• Măria Hasnaș, Cazimireștii în Basarabia. Ramura din Hotin • Aurelia Cornețchi, Contribuții ta istoria Liceului de fete din Cetatea Albă • Тамара Синхани, Из истории иконописания в Ново-Нямецком монастыре • Ирина Гончарова, Сканные сумочки • Liubovi Malahov, Colecția presei periodice din sec. XIX – începutul sec. XX • Vitalie Juc, Valentin Tomuleț, Schiță din istoria satului Tabani • Tamara Stamatov, Tehnici vechi românești de cusut în ornamentarea cămașelor femeiești • Elvira Vacula, Societatea Națională de Cruce Roșie din Basarabia. Anii 1920-1930 • Nadejda Lavric, Din istoria documentelor puse în circulație în Basarabia interbelică • Elena Postică, Deputații Sfatului Ţării represați în anul 1940 • Людмила Пасиковская, О раскулачивании и выселении в MACCP в 1930-1931
V. Muzeologie si memorialistică
• Elena Ploșnița, Unele aspecte din activitatea muzeografică a lui Nicolae Iorga • Eugenia Borodac, Nicolae Dimo - savant cu renume în pedologie • Любовь Репринцева, Судьба ученого Г.И. Пысларь • Мария Евдокимова, Михаил Паутынский – ученый винодел и химик
VI. Recenzii
• Tudor Arnăut, Arheologul G.D. Smirnov și unele probleme de concepție privind mil. I î.e.n. • Igor Cereteu, Sergiu Tabuncic. Şoldăneșii - localitate străveche din valea Ciornei • Николай Тельнов, Nicolae Chetraru. Din istoria arheologiei Moldovei. Basarabia și Transnistria
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși, 2026 was declared by the President of Romania the Year of Constantin Brâncuși. Constantin Brâncuși, one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, was born in 1876 in Hobița, Gorj County, and passed away in 1957 in Paris; he was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery. In 1904 he arrived in Paris, where he attended courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts...
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
