One artist on the seashore – The ION JALEA Museum
One artist on the seashore – The ION JALEA Museum

Summary/Abstract: Located on the seashore, near the Casino boardwalk of Constanta, the ION JALEAMUSEUM is one of the few cultural edifices in our country, exclusively dedicated to sculpture.Ion Jalea was born on May 19, 1887 in Casimcea, Tulcea; his bond with the Dobrudjan lands isproven not only by his cultural legacy, but also by a series of small portraits or sculptures, in whichthe people’s features, traditional dress or trades materialize in genuine anthropological studies.Carved from all sorts of materials like: plaster, bronze, stone or marble, his theme cycles includeallegorical, religious or mythological, war or work scenes, nudes, portraits, peasant characters,culminating with his monumental works, all of them involving his own trademark that ramblesanything simple or hazardous favouring a clear, classicized shape.

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