Searching for Harap Alb. An incursion in the creative universe of graphic artist Ludwig Dombrowsky Cover Image

ÎN CĂUTAREA LUI HARAP ALB. O INCURSIUNE ÎN UNIVERSUL CREAȚIEI GRAFICIANULUI LUDWIG DOMBROWSKY
Searching for Harap Alb. An incursion in the creative universe of graphic artist Ludwig Dombrowsky

Author(s): Raluca Petrilă-Fecioru
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Novel, Romanian Literature
Published by: Editura Palatul Culturii
Keywords: graphic artist; museum designer; book illustration; Faerie; retrospective exhibition;

Summary/Abstract: The Museum of the Union, of “Moldova” National Museum Complex in Iași, hosted a retrospective exhibition “Searching for Harap Alb” of graphic artist Ludwig Dombrowsky (1920-2007), between August 22 and September 10, 2018. Born in July 8, 1920, Ludwig Dombrowsky attended the Faculty of Agronomy in Iași (1944-1950), after which he held the position of research assistant. Since 1958, he has been a designer at the "“Moldova” National Museum Complex in Iași, carrying out his activity within the Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia until 1962, and later, between 1966 and 1983, within the History Museum of Moldavia. Within his artistic creation, the favorite themes have been taken from the world of fairy tales: Harap Alb (the white Moor) and The Song of the Nibelungs. These subjects have been rendered in many forms, from book illustration to monumental graphics.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 237-252
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian