Constantin Lucaci

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Constantin Lucaci (born 1923, Bocşa Română, today a part of Bocşa, Caraş Severin) is a Romanian contemporary sculptor, best known for his monumentalist sculptures [1] and his kinetic fountains (or decorative moving metal fountains [2]) most made from stainless steel [3], among which those from the Romanian cities of Reşiţa and Constanţa are best known.

Since 1993, Constantin Lucaci has been a professor at The Sculpture Department of The Academy of Belle Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. His works, both "regular" and monumental are to be found in various Romanian museums as well as abroad.

Outside of Romania, Lucaci's kinetic sculpture Star is a part of the permanent exhibition "Fucina degli Angeli", Venice, Italy, exposed among works of artists such Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso and Mark Tobey. Other different works of Constatin Lucaci are to be found in personal collections from cities such as Antwerp, Copenhagen, Ferrara, Milano, Roma and Venice.

Constantin Lucaci has been awarded numerous national and international prizes and awards. He is a recipient of the Romanian Academy prize for his entire career (1990), of Herder Prize for his entire work (1984) and of Gold Medal at the International Biennale of Art dedicated to Dante - Ravenna (1999) for his monumental art.

[edit] Prizes and Awards

  • 1953 - "Medal of Toil" - Romania
  • 1968 - "Cultural Merit" Order - Romania
  • 1974 - The Romanian Union of Plastic Artists' Prize for Monumental Art
  • 1982 - "Knight of the Italian Republic" Order of Merit
  • 1984 - Prize of the Romanian weekly magazine "Flacăra" for his Romanian series of kinetic fountains displayed in various Romanian cities
  • 1984 - "Herder" Prize of the University of Vienna for his entire work
  • 1990 - Prize of The The Romanian Academy for his entire work
  • 1999 - Gold Medal at the International Biennale of Art dedicated to Dante - Ravenna
  • 2000 - "Freeman" of the city of Reşiţa
  • 2001 - Prize of "The Romanian Cultural Foundation"

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