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Georges Saru , USA

The painter has had a fascination with labyrinths and has found a symbolic similarity between them and the intelligence. The mind, like the universe, must be a labyrinth.

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

1995                         International Man of the Year – Cambridge, England
1982                         Professor Emeritus of Art – Bucharest, Romania
1982                         Special Award for Painting – Fine Art Guild of Romania             
1979                         National Prize for Monumental Tapestry (with wife Liana Saru)
1976                         Gold Medal and Laureate of the Triennial Exhibition – Sofia 
1968                         Order of the Cultural Merit – Bucharest, Romania
1964                         Special Award for Monumental Art (mosaic for public squares)
1953                         International Award for Painting, World Youth Festival
1951                         Laureate of the State Prize – Bucharest, Romania       
1950                         National Award for Painting, the Culture Ministry of Romania
1949                         Prize “Ion Andreescu”- Romanian Academy of Arts and Letters

 

 

WORKS IN MUSEUMS
 


                                  Hermitage – USSR
                                  Weisman Art Museum – Minneapolis
                                  National Museums of Art – Bucharest, Jassy, Timisoara,                                            
                                  Cluj, Oradea, Galatzi, Suceava, Constantza, Turnu-Severin

 

WORKS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
                                

                                 The Weisman Museum of Art, USA, then collections in:
                                 France, Italy, Russia, Mexico, USA, Denmark, Japan, Germany, 
                                 Spain, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Brazil,
                                 Canada, Romania, Luxembourg

Georges  Saru The Golden Labyrinth
The Golden Labyrinth
30" X 24"
Mixed Technique on Canvas
5300 $CAD

Georges  Saru Le Labyrinth Vert
Le Labyrinth Vert
30" X 24"
Mixed Technique on Canvas
5300 $CAD

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

1979                         Prague, Czechoslovakia
1975                         Museum of Modern Art – Triennial of Sczecin, Poland
1975                         Quebec
1974                         Cairo, Egypt
1973                         Washington
1973                         San Sebastian, Spain
1972                         Orly, France
1972                         Leningrad
1968                         Paris
1965                         Museum of Modern Art – Triennial of Sczecin, Poland
1963                         Berlin
1961                         Museum of Modern Art – Paris, France (here, next to Brancussi,      
                                 Saru displays several paintings. Among them was “Two young
                                 Welders” which was reproduced on a Postage Stamp Emission)
1961                         Geneva
1958                         Moscow
1956                         Vienna, Austria
1956                         Biennale di Venezia (XVIII) – Venice, Italy
1954                         Biennale di Venezia (XVII) – Venice, Italy

 

 

ONE MAN SHOWS:

2007                         RIVAA Gallery – New York
2004                         Romanian Cultural Center – Post Mortem
1999                         Gallery@49, New York
1997                         Romanian Cultural Center, NY Gallery
1995                         The York Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
1991                         Basil – Spingarn Gallery, Matawan, NJ
1991                         Dome Gallery, Broadway, SOHO – New York
1990                         Morin – Miller Gallery, 57Street, New York
1989                         Bonwitt – Teller at Trump Tower, 57Street, New York
1989                         Morin – Miller Gallery, 57Street, New York
1988                         Morin – Miller Gallery, 57Street, New York
1988                         M.A.T. Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1988                         Lawrence Gallery, New York
1987                         Alex Gallery, Washington, DC
1985                         Victor Art Gallery, New York
1983                         LeMire Gallery, New Orleans
1983                         H.H. Leonard Gallery, Washington, DC
1981                         Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest
1979                         “Simeza” Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1977                         National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania
1977                         Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest
1970                         Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest
1969                         “Orizont” Gallery, Bucharest
1960                         Puskin Museum, Moscow, USSR
1956                         Dalles Art Gallery, Bucharest