Ion Șinca1950—2014 The official archive of his work

Ion Șinca · Collections

The collections

Twenty-three of Ion Șinca's works are held by the „Ion Ionescu-Quintus” Prahova County Art Museum. The rest are with the family, in a few private collections, or have passed through auction.

Where a work is today is a different matter from where it has been shown. This page is the first; the exhibitions are elsewhere.

In a public collection · 23 works

„Ion Ionescu-Quintus” Prahova County Art Museum

Works that entered the collection of the Ploiești museum — the earliest from 1976, the latest from 2011. They are heritage objects: they stay documented there whatever happens to the rest of the archive.

Studio composition with an antique torso, drapery, plaster casts and Leonardo's Vitruvian Man drawn on a white panel, against a maroon squared ground.

Universe

Univers

1976 · oil on canvas · 80 × 80 cm

A group of miners with tools, in brown silhouettes, against overlapping blue-grey planes like mine galleries.

Miners

Mineri

1978 · oil on canvas · 79 × 65 cm

An old motor car seen frontally, broken into ochre, white and brown planes against an almost empty white ground.

The Old Car

Mașina veche

1980 · tempera / canvas · 55 × 70 cm

A ravine seen frontally, its brown walls fanning out towards a pale centre under a white-grey sky.

The Red Ravine

Râpa Roșie

1980 · oil on canvas · 96 × 82 cm

A ravine in deep red with a golden-yellow block at its centre and a black foreground, beneath a blue hill.

The Red Ravine

Râpa Roșie

1980 · oil on canvas · 108 × 100 cm

A frontal portrait of a heavy-set man with folded arms, against a ground of grey worker silhouettes.

Steelworkers

Oțelari

1981 · oil on canvas · 103 × 104 cm

A canal running towards the viewer between stone banks, beneath a blue mountain and a rust-coloured wood.

The Canal

Canal

1982 · oil on canvas · 92 × 92 cm

A mountain valley seen from above, with a blue-green massif behind and sunlit slopes in front.

Landscape in the Doftana Valley

Peisaj la Valea Doftanei

1985 · oil on canvas · 73 × 65 cm

A row of white gabled houses among bluish trees, beneath a green hill and an ochre sky.

Radzin Chełmiński

Radzin Chelminschy

1985 · oil on canvas · 55 × 50 cm

A white house with a brown roof behind a plank fence, with a fruit tree and tall firs at sunrise.

Summer Morning

Dimineață de vară

1986 · oil on canvas · 70.5 × 60.5 cm

A wide valley seen from above, with dark green slopes and blue hills under a grey overcast sky.

Landscape

Peisaj

1986 · oil on canvas · 88 × 74 cm

A hill of ochre and reddish rock above a green meadow, with small trees under a beige sky.

Landscape

Peisaj

1988 · oil on canvas · 98 × 81 cm

A dense wood of silvery trunks with white branches crossing against a dark blue ground.

The Silver Forest

Pădurea de argint

1988 · oil on canvas · 64 × 54 cm

The edge of a wood beside a country road, with a green meadow at the left and blue hills behind.

Forest Edge

Lizieră

1990 · oil on canvas · 65 × 50 cm

A hill crest seen from above, with a white path winding down towards a wide valley.

Landscape

Peisaj

1991 · oil on canvas · 42 × 42 cm

A valley with a wide stony river, slender poplars on the bank and wooded hills under an ochre sky.

The Doftana Valley

Valea Doftanei

1991 · oil on canvas · 98 × 70 cm

A blue nocturne with a crest of lit white stones at the centre and red-brown banks in the foreground.

Ghost by Moonlight

Fantoma sub clar de lună

1994 · oil on canvas · 130 × 97 cm

A watercolour of a green valley and a white stream under heavy blue clouds and a dark tree.

Cloudy Landscape at Cornu

Peisaj înnorat la Cornu

1994 · watercolour · 35 × 27 cm

A snowy hill with two bare trees on the ridge and a reddish path descending in the foreground.

View from Brebu

Priveliște de la Brebu

1994 · oil on canvas · 64 × 51.5 cm

A white house with a large wooden barn above it, a wattle fence and a conical stack at the left.

Landscape at Pietriceaua

Peisaj la Pietriceaua

2002 · oil on canvas · 70 × 50 cm

An old house with a rusty metal roof and a corner porch, with a haystack at the right.

The Old House

Casa veche

2011 · oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm

A watercolour of overlapping blue-green hills beneath a violet crest and a pale sky.

Landscape at Cornu

Peisaj la Cornu

2011 · watercolour · approx. 36 × 28 cm

A row of green willows on a bank, with a brown road in front and a white-grey sky.

Willows

Sălcii

2011 · oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm

A private collection · 4 works

The Badea Cârțan collection

A private collection in Ploiești, documented with the owner's consent.

A lock seen from above, with red and grey rectangular basins, slender poplars and a yellow sky.

The Lock

Ecluza

1984 · oil on canvas · 83 × 72 cm

Six ochre and blue haystacks on a green meadow before a screen of blossoming acacias.

Haystacks and Acacias

Căpițe și salcâmi

2002 · oil on canvas · 41.5 × 36.5 cm

An old tree with a thick trunk and twisting branches, against blue and pink hills.

The Great Tree

Marele Copac

2003 · oil on canvas · 97 × 91 cm

A bank covered with golden-yellow blossom, with crimson and green furrows, seen from above.

Bank in Bloom 3

Mal înflorit 3

2007 · oil on canvas · 122 × 113 cm

Left in the studio · 5 works

The studio at the „Ion Creangă” school

Works left in the studio of the school where he taught — some unfinished, others left there as examples for his pupils.

A composition with a large male profile, blue geometric shapes and a white hatched figure.

Savonarola

1998 · tempera on paper · 19 × 15 cm

A white road descending among blue-green bushes, with a large tree spreading to the right.

The Road to Rucăreni

Drumul spre Rucăreni

2002 · oil on canvas · 40 × 32 cm

A watercolour of four brown haystacks before a house with a red roof and porch.

Landscape at Brebu

Peisaj la Brebu

2002 · watercolour · 41 × 34 cm

Birches with white trunks and reddish foliage, in snow, under a uniform beige sky.

Birches, Pietriceaua

Mesteceni, Pietriceaua

2007 · oil on canvas, 50.5 × 41.5 cm

A bouquet of white daisies, yellow and carmine-pink flowers, on a blue-grey ground.

Flowers

Flori

2012 · oil on canvas · 45 × 55 cm

The secondary market · 11 works

Documented at public auction

Works that have passed through auction houses or public sale listings. We document them because each appearance is one more proof of existence and provenance — not because anything here is for sale.

Crimson and white flowering shrubs at the edge of a green grove, with misty hills behind.

The Edge of the Grove

Liziera crângului

1993 · oil on canvas · 50.5 × 35 cm

A plant with red and rust leaves in a clay pot, against a blue drape.

Still Life with Flowers

Natură statică cu flori

1993 · oil on canvas · 54.5 × 47.5 cm

A snowy field with a long wooded hill behind and dry brown bushes in the foreground.

Winter at Măgurele

Iarnă la Măgurele

1994 · oil on canvas · 80 × 54.5 cm

A snowy hill with two bare trees on the ridge and a reddish path descending in the foreground.

View from Brebu

Priveliște de la Brebu

1994 · oil on canvas · 64 × 51.5 cm

A slumping ochre-pink cliff above a narrow beach, with the blue-grey sea at the right.

The Cliff at Vama Veche

Faleza la Vama Veche

1995 · oil on canvas · 55.5 × 46 cm

A snow-covered road descending between rusty bushes, with a dark blue wood behind.

Winter Landscape

Peisaj de iarnă

1995 · oil on canvas · 55.5 × 42 cm

A wide valley with clumps of grey-green trees and an ochre road under a washed beige sky.

Landscape on the Prahova Valley

Peisaj pe Valea Prahovei

1995 · oil on canvas · 67 × 54 cm

A valley with orange-yellow trees among blue-green foliage, and an open slope at the left.

Early Autumn

Început de toamnă

1995 · oil on canvas · 50 × 40 cm

A golden-orange sunset sky above a clump of dark trees and a small barn at the right.

Sunset

Apus de soare

1996 · oil on canvas · 80 × 61 cm

A white hill like a wave of snow above turquoise water, under a pink-grey sky.

The Cornu Valley

Valea Cornului

1996 · oil on canvas · 43 × 37 cm

A stand of slender dark trees on a band of red-brown earth, under a heavy grey sky.

Landscape with Trees

Peisaj cu arbori

watercolour · 48 × 37 cm

With the family · 29 works

In the family's collection

The works that stayed at home: the ones he did not sell, those given to his daughter and his wife, and those found again in old photographs.

A grey composition with rows of white trees and zigzag branches scratched into the paint, arranged in horizontal bands.

Orchards

Livezi

1979 · 120 × 86 cm

A group of female figures in long robes, drawn in sepia washes before a sketched architecture.

In „Cântarea României” (Song to Romania)

În cântarea României

1986 · approx.. 150 × 150 cm · Teatrul Național București · reprodusă în „Luceafărul”, 4 octombrie 1986

Crimson and white flowering shrubs at the edge of a green grove, with misty hills behind.

The Edge of the Grove

Liziera crângului

1993 · oil on canvas · 50.5 × 35 cm

A plant with red and rust leaves in a clay pot, against a blue drape.

Still Life with Flowers

Natură statică cu flori

1993 · oil on canvas · 54.5 × 47.5 cm

A run of golden-ochre hills with a stand of black trees at their base, under a pink-violet sky.

Landscape with Hills

Peisaj cu dealuri

1993 · oil on canvas · approx. 22 × 16 cm

A snowy field with a long wooded hill behind and dry brown bushes in the foreground.

Winter at Măgurele

Iarnă la Măgurele

1994 · oil on canvas · 80 × 54.5 cm

A watercolour of two houses with red roofs among green and blue washes, on paper left white.

Landscape at Cornu

Peisaj la Cornu

1994 · watercolour · 30 × 20 cm

A snowy hill with two bare trees on the ridge and a reddish path descending in the foreground.

View from Brebu

Priveliște de la Brebu

1994 · oil on canvas · 64 × 51.5 cm

A slumping ochre-pink cliff above a narrow beach, with the blue-grey sea at the right.

The Cliff at Vama Veche

Faleza la Vama Veche

1995 · oil on canvas · 55.5 × 46 cm

A snow-covered road descending between rusty bushes, with a dark blue wood behind.

Winter Landscape

Peisaj de iarnă

1995 · oil on canvas · 55.5 × 42 cm

A wide valley with clumps of grey-green trees and an ochre road under a washed beige sky.

Landscape on the Prahova Valley

Peisaj pe Valea Prahovei

1995 · oil on canvas · 67 × 54 cm

A valley with orange-yellow trees among blue-green foliage, and an open slope at the left.

Early Autumn

Început de toamnă

1995 · oil on canvas · 50 × 40 cm

A golden-orange sunset sky above a clump of dark trees and a small barn at the right.

Sunset

Apus de soare

1996 · oil on canvas · 80 × 61 cm

A white hill like a wave of snow above turquoise water, under a pink-grey sky.

The Cornu Valley

Valea Cornului

1996 · oil on canvas · 43 × 37 cm

Red poppies in a white and blue bowl among long branches of small pink flowers, on a grey-green ground.

Poppies

Maci

1997 · watercolour · 40 × 30 cm

A clump of dark trees on a meadow in a pink-grey, almost monochrome light.

Landscape with Trees

Peisaj cu copaci

1997 · oil on canvas · approx. 29 × 21 cm

A composition with a large male profile, blue geometric shapes and a white hatched figure.

Savonarola

1998 · tempera on paper · 19 × 15 cm

Two boats drawn up on the bank of grey water, under a blue sky with heavy white clouds.

Shore 8

Țărm 8

1998 · oil on canvas · approx. 50 × 42 cm

A mountain homestead with two houses and haystacks before a fir wood and a blue mountain.

Haystacks in the Mountains

Căpițe la munte

2000 · oil on canvas · approx. 53 × 42 cm

A golden-ochre hill ridge seen from above, with blue-green plots in the foreground.

Landscape

Peisaj

2001 · oil on canvas · 46 × 39 cm

A white hill with blue-green vegetation, red-roofed houses and a stony bank above water.

Phantasm over the water

Fantasmă peste apă

2002 · oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm

A bunch of sunflowers in a green clay vase against a neutral grey ground.

Sunflower

Floarea soarelui

2002 · oil on canvas · approx. 64 × 61 cm

A row of white blossoming trees before a blue hill, under a grey sky with a pink streak.

Trees in Bloom

Pomi înfloriți

2005 · oil on canvas · approx. 70 × 50 cm

A white house almost hidden by large ochre-brown crowns, in warm muted light.

Landscape

Peisaj

2006 · oil on canvas · 47 × 40 cm

A watercolour of a Saxon house with pink and blue roofing and a ladder against the wall.

House at Viscri

Casă la Viscri

2012 · watercolour · approx. 37 × 29 cm

A porch with a red roof and white posts, with a cascade of white and pink flowers hanging.

Flowers from Viscri

Flori de Viscri

2012 · oil on canvas · 42.5 × 39.5 cm

A row of old houses with arched gateways and red windows, along a dirt road.

Saxon Houses at Viscri

Case săsești la Viscri

2013 · oil on canvas · approx. 125 × 89 cm

A blue winter landscape with white forms and a dark bank, under a blue sky.

Winter Phantasm 2

Fantasma iernii 2

technical details being documented

A stand of slender dark trees on a band of red-brown earth, under a heavy grey sky.

Landscape with Trees

Peisaj cu arbori

watercolour · 48 × 37 cm

Not yet settled · 1 works

Being documented

Works we do not yet know enough about — the year, the dimensions or the provenance remain to be confirmed. They are here precisely so they are not lost.

A black-and-white graphic composition with dense angular forms, like a flock in flight.

The Dance of the Birds

Dansul păsărilor

tempera · 70 × 52 cm

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