Recreational Centers in Chisinau in the Vision of Visual Artists
Recreational Centers in Chisinau in the Vision of Visual Artists

Summary/Abstract: One of the genres of easel painting that remains less pretentious to politics landscape. The city of Chisinau, one of the most important cities of the Republic,was and remains a source of inspiration for artists Eugenia Gamburd, RostislavOcușco, Mihail Petric, Filimon Hămuraru, Ludmila Țonceva, Vasile Toma,Inesa Țîpina, Petru Jireghea, Ion Jumatii, Ion Chitoroagă, Florentin Leancăand others. That is one of the topics addressed by artists reflecting moments ofrelaxation, rest, sports - recreational centres (parks, lakes, stadiums etc.). Thisarticle analyzes the paintings from the collection of the National Museum ofArt of Moldova, but also the private collections of plastic artists concerning therest areas of Chisinau. These paintings made on the subject under research canbe attributed not only to the landscape genre but also, in some cases, to genrepainting. The subject becomes current for painters with the arrangement ofthe capital’s parks: The square of the Ensemble of the Metropolitan Cathedralof Chisinau, the Public Garden of Chisinau, the Botanical Garden, the Valley of Roses park, the Valley of Mills park, the Ghidighici Reservoir, the DinamoStadium etc.

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