National Museum of Fine Arts: Emil Childescu and Igor Vieru

The initial goal of my visit was to see the Christmas trees, as you may have figured. But hey, one ticket, full access.

Emil Childescu exhibition was the first one I saw. It’s in a small hall directly to the right from the entrance. I loved his sketch and pastel work more than oils, but oddly enough only took photographs of the oil on canvas and sculpture.

His area is portraiture.

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National Museum of Fine Arts: Christmas Tree Exhibition.

Yesterday I visited the National Museum of Fine Arts for the first time in ages to see the current exhibitions – amongst them this Christmas Tree one – and the permanent ones. This is the first part, with trees, and I’ll share the remaining two over the next couple of days.

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The one in the front is made from local coins. They look like dragon scales to me, which I think is really cool.

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