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The 2016 exhibition — Ploiești Art Gallery — retrospective
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Ion Șinca · Exhibitions

The 2016 exhibition

Ploiești Art Gallery — retrospective

December 2016

The largest retrospective, two years after his death — fifty-one works, from the student studies to the last watercolours.

The works shown

An almost monochrome composition in carmine pink, with sketched figures, a spoked wheel and a green crescent over fine construction lines.

Flight

Zbor

1977 · tempera / wood · 41 × 40 cm

A village of white houses with red roofs among grey-green trees, on a pink-crimson ground.

Landscape

Peisaj

1981 · oil on canvas · 45 × 36 cm

A tall bouquet of red flowers and white roses in a pink cylindrical vase on a crimson table.

Vase with Flowers

Vas cu flori

1983 · oil on canvas · 33 × 41 cm

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

A watercolour of three low houses lined up along a street, beneath a dark red hill and deep green trees.

Landscape “Radzin Chełmiński”

Peisaj „Radzin Chelminschy”

1984 · watercolour · 45 × 32 cm

A bouquet of blue and white flowers with long blue-green leaves in a clay jug, against a grey ground.

Blue Flowers

Flori albastre

1988 · oil on canvas · 32 × 40 cm

A stand of birches with white trunks on a green meadow, with a pink-brick bank to the right.

Landscape

Peisaj

1988 · oil on canvas · 37.5 × 28 cm

A bouquet of pink roses and carnations in a yellow vase, on a table with white lace.

Homage

Omagiu

1989 · oil on canvas · 54 × 65 cm

A chalky white bank descending diagonally towards blue water, under a bright sky.

Țărm 1 / Marină 2 / Fantasma râpei albe

1990 · oil on canvas, 41 × 33 cm

A black pool ringed by blue, white and green bands, seen from above.

Mirror

Oglindă

1992 · oil on canvas · 105 × 75 cm

Bluish rocks split into vertical strips, with yellow-green lights and deep blue shadows.

Shadows in the Park

Umbre în parc

1992 · oil on canvas · 116 × 81 cm

A watercolour of a yellow-green slope with dark trees under a pink-orange sky.

Landscape

Peisaj

1994 · watercolour · 36 × 28 cm

A leafless tree with a black trunk and thin branches, against planes of pink, grey and brick.

Tree (study 1)

Pom (studiu 1)

1994 · oil on canvas · 58 × 54 cm

A church interior with three arches, white columns and a maroon ground, with coloured stones at the base.

Offering

Ofrandă

1996 · oil on canvas · 92 × 85 cm

A golden-yellow hill with dark green bushes, under a washed white sky.

Landscape

Peisaj

1998 · oil on canvas · 74.5 × 49 cm

A view from a hillside with bushes and rocks towards a bluish valley wrapped in mist.

Landscape at Cornu

Peisaj la Cornu

1998 · oil on canvas · 81 × 60 cm

A ravine with white and violet banks, seen from above, with a green plateau and pale sky behind.

Ravine

Râpă

1998 · oil on canvas · 81 × 54 cm

A wooden barn at the edge of a village among autumn trees, under a brick-red sky.

Landscape

Peisaj

1999 · oil on canvas · 46 × 38 cm

A close-up of a crimson orchid with a cream-yellow lip, against a green and blue ground.

Flower (detail) / Orchid

Floare (detaliu) / Orhidee

2002 · oil on canvas · 81 × 65 cm

A garden seen from above, with beds of silvery green leaves and drifts of white flowers.

Garden

Grădină

2002 · oil on canvas · 122 × 122 cm

Plants with star-shaped white flowers and broad blue-green leaves, seen close to.

Garden 3

Grădină 3

2002 · oil on canvas · 64 × 54 cm

A watercolour of a house with a red roof and two haystacks, with dark poplars behind.

Landscape

Peisaj

2002 · watercolour · 42 × 32 cm

The porch of an old house with wooden posts and pots of red geraniums along the rail.

The Old House at Cornu

Casa veche la Cornu

2005 · oil on canvas · 50 × 50 cm

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

Landscape at Pietriceaua

Peisaj la Pietriceaua

2009 · oil on canvas · 50 × 43.5 cm

A large grey-white trunk seen frontally, with broad branches on an ochre and green ground.

Tree Trunk

Trunchi

2009 · oil on canvas · 92.5 × 81 cm

A snowy hill with dark bushes along its crest, in greys, whites and muted green.

Winter Phantasm 2

Fantasma iarna 2

2010 · oil on canvas · 92 × 60 cm

A golden-yellow stone bank broken into tilted slabs above grey water.

Steps / Stairs

Trepte / Scări

2010 · oil on canvas · 70 × 61 cm

An orange-ochre bank with white rocks, under a blue sky with white clouds.

Shore 5

Țărm 5

2010 · oil on canvas · 110 × 69 cm

A sepia watercolour still life with a jug, a pot and tools, on a light ground.

Still Life

Natura moartă

2011 · watercolour · 30 × 42 cm

A screen of blue-grey acacias on a bank of white slabs, under a golden-ochre sky.

Acacias

Salcâmi

2011 · oil on canvas · 92 × 60 cm

A watercolour of a Saxon house with a high gable and outbuilding, behind an iron fence.

Saxon Houses 2

Case săsești 2

2012 · watercolour · 65 × 52 cm

A brick niche with two sunflowers laid on the stone sill.

Niche

Firidă

2012 · oil on canvas · 60 × 60 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

A watercolour of five ochre haystacks before barns, under a white-grey sky.

Landscape at Brebu

Peisaj la Brebu

2012 · watercolour · 36 × 28 cm

A row of green, ochre and pink Saxon houses with red roofs and arched gates, on a village street.

Saxon Houses 1

Case săsești 1

2013 · oil on canvas · 70 × 50 cm

A wooden barn with an open gallery, in turquoise and crimson, beside a brick wall.

Saxon Houses 4

Case săsești 4

2013 · oil on canvas · 38 × 38 cm

A stand of silvery white trees on a bank, with a small house at the right, in grey light.

Morning Phantasm

Fantasma diminetii

2013 · oil on canvas · 76 × 66 cm

A white-pink blossoming tree in a green meadow, under a clear blue sky.

Spring Phantasm

Fantasma primăverii

2013 · oil on canvas · 61 × 55 cm

Autumn trees in orange and blue on a bank, under a light blue-grey sky.

Autumn Phantasm

Fantasma toamnei

2013 · oil on canvas · 49.5 × 40.5 cm

An ochre haystack on poles in the snow, with a blue-grey bank behind.

Winter

Iarna

2013 · oil on canvas · 50 × 50 cm

A field with twelve conical haystacks in ochre, grey and pink, under a pale sky.

Light in August

Lumina în august

2013 · oil on canvas · 90 × 74 cm

Kitchen vessels — a crimson basin, a green jug, a red pot — on a stone slab.

Pe o placă de piatră

2013 · oil on canvas · 52 × 52 cm

A ravine with red and pink strata beneath a green crest, under a pale blue sky.

Râpă roșie

2013 · oil on canvas · 70 × 50 cm

A row of blue-green willows on a bank, under a light blue sky, with an ochre road.

Willows

Sălcii

2013 · oil on canvas · 59 × 41 cm

An unfinished landscape with a brick-red form among yellow-green hills.

Composition (unfinished work)

Compoziție (lucrare neterminată)

2014 · oil on canvas · 70 × 70 cm

A grey ink sketch of a horse grazing beside a fence.

Sketch

Crochiu

2014 · ink and wash · 42 × 30 cm

A watercolour of eight red, green and yellow apples before a grey folded drape.

Apples

Mere

2014 · watercolour · 42 × 30 cm

A red geranium in a clay pot, with a brass pot, a quince and two apples.

Geranium in a Pot

Mușcată în ghiveci

2014 · oil on canvas · 42 × 40 cm

A still life with a maize cob, a yellow funnel and green forms, on an ochre ground.

Still Life with Corn

Natură statică cu porumb

2014 · watercolour · 42 × 30 cm

A watercolour portrait of a young man with dark hair, looking downwards.

Portrait

Portret

2014 · watercolour · 28 × 36 cm

A watercolour of vine branches with red and yellow leaves in two vessels, beside a yellow fruit.

Vase with Leaves

Vas cu frunze

2014 · watercolour · 35 × 49 cm

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