The Vermont and the Charm of the Belle Époque exhibition follows the artistic journey of Nicolae Vermont, overlapping with the famous Belle Époque period, which still has the power to arouse fascination today. Following the thread of the artist’s life and creation, the Belle Époque is revealed to us in all its complexity – artistic and social –, from the concerns for progress and monumental, academic art, to the desire to break with tradition through the renewing currents of art.

Curator Maria Munteanu
Scenography Cosmin Florea

The exhibition is a systematic visual analysis undertaken on the enormous corpus of artistic representations of the figure of the national poet, Mihai Eminescu, and on the numerous illustrations (in painting, graphics) of the themes derived from Eminescu’s poems, which have proliferated in Romanian art since the end of the 19th century until the present day, from Frederic Storck to Gheorghe Anghel and from Sabin Bălașa to Mircea Cantor.

Exhibition orchestrated by Monica Dumitru, with accompaniment by Erwin Kessler
Consultant Valentin Coșereanu, “George Călinescu” Institute of the Romanian Academy
Scenography Diana Nicolaie
Partners: National Museum of Romanian Literature; National Museum of Romanian Literature Iași; Ipotești Memorial – “Mihai Eminescu” National Center for Studies, Library of the Romanian Academy

A personal and captivating foray into the universe of one of the most appreciated contemporary Romanian artists.

Curator Maria Bilașevschi
Scenography Diana Nicolaie
Coordinator Maria Ionescu

Exhibition realized in partnership with Sineva