Le Groupe des Quatre dans le Musee d’art de Tîrgu Mureş
The Group of Four in the Art Museum of Tîrgu Mureş)

Summary/Abstract: Many of the Interbellum artists tried, generally for brief periods of time and without having defining aesthetic platforms, to affiliate with various existent movements. Often the main binders were friendship, geographic vicinity and a mutual system of ideas, concepts and perception. Such is the case of “The Group of Four” (Grupul celor patru), established at the end of 1925 and having its first exhibit in 1926; its core was the genuine friendship between Oscar Han and Ştefan Dimitrescu, who in turn was Tonitza’s friend since their adolescence. Later on they were joined by Francisc Şirato, with whom Han declared of having “a lively connection in thought and feeling, as well as endless discussions about art, which practically made us almost inseparable”. And yet this friendship would not have coagulated had they not shared similar ideals and perception of things, an exceptional constructive communication, certain mutual reasoning, each of their positive critical spirit, the thorough artistic education and the wish to avoid compromise. The reasons stated above were able to efficiently replace a programmatic manifesto, ensuring the group’s coherence. One thing is certain: even when these artists were bond by strong friendship or common studies, their artistic personality remained unmistakable.

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