{"id":633,"date":"2025-12-02T16:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/?p=633"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:04:52","slug":"%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b5%ce%ac%ce%bd-%ce%b3%ce%b9%cf%8e%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%ac%cf%81%ce%ba%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%82-muntean-marcel-gheorghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/2025\/12\/02\/%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b5%ce%ac%ce%bd-%ce%b3%ce%b9%cf%8e%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%ac%cf%81%ce%ba%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%82-muntean-marcel-gheorghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Muntean, Marcel Gheorghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Aiud, 1964\nBorn in Aiud, Romania, he studied painting at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca (1985\u20131988). He continued at the National University of Arts in Bucharest (1988\u20131992), and from 1993 to 1997 studied Theology at the West University of Timi\u0219oara. He pursued further studies abroad: engraving at the \u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (2000); postgraduate painting studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1995\u20131996) and a degree in engraving there (2014). In 2006 he earned a PhD in Fine Arts from Cluj University, and in 2009 a PhD in Art History from the University of Athens. Today he is a full professor at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Babe\u0219-Bolyai University of Cluj, holding the chair of Religious Art. In 2022 he published \u201fIstoria artei din Rom\u00e2nia. Repere din arta religioas\u0103 veche \u015fi postbr\u00e2ncoveneasc\u0103\u201d (History of Art in Romania. Milestones of Old and Post-Br\u00e2ncoveanu Religious Art). A figurative painter, he divides his artistic output into two major categories: secular and religious. His secular work includes landscapes (of Romania and Greece), portraits, and allegorical compositions centered on the human form. His style draws on French Fauvism and especially German Expressionism; he is also preoccupied with the theme of the Crucifixion, influenced by Francis Bacon. In his religious painting, he combines elements of Byzantine and medieval art. His first solo exhibition was held at the Historical Museum of Aiud (1982). Since then, he has shown his work in solo exhibitions in Romania, Greece, and other countries. His most recent solo show, \u201fTestimonies from Greece,\u201d was held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Cluj in 2023. He has also taken part in many group exhibitions in Romania and abroad, and has received numerous awards for his participation in international exhibitions and painting symposia.<\/code><\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1104,"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/1104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimotikipinakothikikondia.gr\/wp56\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}