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111999333111---111999888333 Amza Pellea (7 April 1931 – 12 December 1983) was one of the most important Romanian actors, being remarked both for his theatre and his film acting.

Born in Băileşti, in , he attended the Carol I High School. He later played at the Theatre, then at the Small Theatre, Nottara Theatre, Comedy Theatre and the National Theatre , being also a professor at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest.

T he "Happy Moments" with Nea Marin (a comical and ingenious character that portrays an amazing archetypal Oltenian peasant) cheered up our childhood. He was teaching us that it lies in our power to see life friendly and to choose a cheerful and open way when tell a story.

"It's a trait of character of the Romanian people to make fun by themselves, sometimes even in trouble.“ Amza Pellea

"I am convinced that any even t may be told to squeeze tears or laughter.“ Amza Pellea In 1981, with "Uncle Marin, the Billionaire" he proved that he could play any role. In this most known Romanian comedy he played 2 characters: a comical authentic peasant "Nea Marin Juvete" who calmly resolves things like in his village and an American billionaire "Mr. Juvet" who comes in and has to do with press, luxury life and with "bad guys" who kidnapped his daughter.

"An actor should play any role and be credible as a ruler or a peasant, as a weak man or a strong man, as a thief or a judge.“ – Amza Pellea

His biggest desire was to transform his hometown, Băileşti into "The Romanian Capital of Satire and Humor". His dream was accomplished with the support of the local leaders at that time by organizing in 1979, 1980 and 1982 three editions of The Humor and Satire Festival "From a Joke to Another".

After his death the name of the festival was changed to "The Amza Pellea Humor Festival ". We shall never forget the natural and simple way he kneeled down and prayed for gratitude for people gathered in Băileşti at the first edition of the Festival.

"I kneel before this great audience. Part of my heart will always love my native land and the people I grew up with.“ Amza Pellea

He sincerely and dearly loved his people wit no limits, beyond personal sacrifice.

This love lasts over time in his native town from Oltenia region, and those who outlive him (his humorous definition about them was "Oltenians are like pepper in the food") remember with love both the Man and the Actor.

Recently a memorial house was opened, his statue stands in front of the “Amza Pellea Community Centre” of Băileşti, named in his honour. In April 2011 the people of Băileşti remembered his birth by offering his memory a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame.

He was a genius who left his mark on Romanian culture and cinematography and will be forever associated with great Romanian leaders because of how passionately he acted as Decebalus, the Dacian King in "The Dacians" (1966) or Voivode Basarab from "The Big Tailors of Wallachia" or Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia in "Michael the Brave" (1970).

He was also noted for the historical characters he played, such as Vlădică Hariton from “Tudor of Vladimiri”, as well as for playing in “Tudor”, “The Upraising”, “The Outlaws”, or “”. In a 2006 poll conducted by Romanian TV to identify the "greatest Romanians of all time", Amza Pellea came in the 60th.

The Dacians

The Immortals

Michael the Brave

"Michael the Brave" is one of the most viewed Romanian movies, distributed worldwide by Columbia Pictures. This film was nominated for Golden Award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1971 and at the Beaume Historical Film Festival in 1974. HBO had to broadcast st this film on December 1 2000.

Other movies he played in: “The Catfish" (1964) , "Sunday Father" (1975), "Impossible Love" (1983) (many of them having as a movie director). In 1977 he won the "Best actor" prize at the Moscow International Film Festival - for the role played in "The Doom" (1976). In "Then I Sentenced Them All to Death" (1971) he brilliantly played the role of Ipu, the village idiot, who lives with simplicity the last days of the German occupation.

He loved with passion theatre, acting with outstanding performances in any TV, theater or film productions, succeeding so finely to capture human behave, walk and talk.

An actor should have "an open heart, perpetual sensitivity able to register any pain and human suffering, as a highest precision seismograph.”

Amza Pellea

During his life he played at The National Theatre Craiova, The Small Theatre, The Nottara Theatre, The Comedy Theatre and The National Theatre Bucharest, being also a professor at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest.

Between 22nd March 1973 – 24th September 1974 he was the manager of The National Theatre Craiova.

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111888777666---111999555777 Constantin Brâncuşi (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957), Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His abstract style emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Considered the pioneer of modernism Brâncuşi is called the Patriarch of Modern Sculpture.

Brâncuşi grew up in the village of Hobiţa Romania, Gorj, near Târgu Jiu, close to Romania's Carpathian Mountains, an area known for its rich tradition of folk crafts, particularly woodcarving. Geometric patterns of the region are seen in his later works. His parents Nicolae and Maria Brâncuşi were poor peasants who earned a meager living through back- breaking labor; from the age of seven, Constantin herded the family's flock of sheep. He showed talent for carving objects out of wood, and often ran away from home to escape the bullying of his father and older brothers.

At the age of nine, Brâncuşi left the village to work in the nearest large town. At 11 he went into the service of a grocer in Slatina; and then he became a domestic in a public house in Craiova where he remained for several years. When he was 18, impressed by Brâncuşi's talent for carving, an industrialist entered him in the Craiova School of Arts and Crafts, where he pursued his love for woodworking, graduating with honors in 1898.

In 1903 Brâncuşi traveled to Munich, and from there to Paris. In Paris, he was welcomed by the community of artists and intellectuals brimming with new ideas. He worked for two years in the workshop of Antonin Mercié of the École des Beaux- Arts, and was invited to enter the workshop of Auguste Rodin. Even though he admired the eminent Rodin he left the Rodin studio after only two months, saying, "Nothing can grow under big trees."

After leaving Rodin's workshop, Brâncuşi began developing the revolutionary style for which he is known. His first commissioned work, "The Prayer", was part of a gravestone memorial. It depicts a young woman crossing herself as she kneels, and marks the first step toward abstracted, non-literal representation, and shows his drive to depict "not the outer form but the idea, the essence of things." He also began doing more carving, rather than the method popular with his contemporaries, that of modeling in clay or plaster which would be cast in metal, and by 1908 he worked almost exclusively by carving.

His works became popular in France, Romania and the United States. Collectors, notably John Quinn, bought his pieces, and reviewers praised his works. In 1913 Brâncuşi's work was displayed at both the Salon des Indépendants and the first exhibition in the U.S. of modern art, the Armory Show.

Selected works

Famous Brâncuşi works include The Sleeping Muse (1908), The Kiss (1908), Prometheus (1911), Mademoiselle Pogany (1913), The Newborn (1915), Bird in Space (1919) and The Column of the Infinite, popularly known as The Endless Column (1938). Both Bird in Space and Sleeping Muse I are sculptures of animate objects; however, unlike ones from Ancient Greece or Rome, or those from the High Renaissance period, these works of art are more abstract in style. BBBiiirrrddd iiinnn SSSpppaaaccceee iiisss aaa ssseeerrriiieeesss fffrrrooommm ttthhheee 111999222000sss... OOOnnneee oofff ttthhheeessseee,,, cccooonnnssstttrrruuucccttteeeddd iiinnn 111999222555 uuusssiiinnnggg wwwooooooddd,,, ssstttooonnneee,,, aaannnddd mmmaaarrrbbbllleee (((RRRiiiccchhhllleeerrr 111777888))) ssstttaaannndddsss aaarrrooouuunnnddd 777222 iiinnnccchhheeesss tttaaallllll aaannnddd cccooonnnsssiiissstttsss ooofff aaa nnnaaarrrrrrooowww fffeeeaaattthhheeerrr ssstttaaannndddiiinnnggg eeerrreeecccttt ooonnn aaa wwwoooooodddeeennn bbbaaassseee... SSSiiimmmiiilllaaarrr mmmooodddeeelllsss,,, bbbuuuttt mmmaaadddeee fffrrrooommm mmmaaattteerrriiiaaalllsss sssuuuccchhh aaasss bbbrrrooonnnzzzeee,,, wwweeerrreee aaalllsssooo ppprrroooddduuuccceeeddd bbbyyy BBBrrrââânnncccuuuşşşiii aaannnddd ppplllaaaccceeeddd iiinnn eeexxxhhhiiibbbiiitttiiiooonnnsss... SSSllleeeeeepppiiinnnggg MMMuuussseee III hhhaaasss dddiiiffffffeeerrreeennnttt vvveeerrrsssiiiooonnnsss aaasss wwweeellllll;;; oonnneee,,, fffrrrooommm 111999000999–––111000,,, iiisss mmmaaadddeee ooofff mmmaaarrrbbbllleee aaannnddd mmmeeeaaasssuuurrreeesss 666 ¾¾¾ iiinnn... iiinnn hhheeeiiiggghhhttt (((AAAdddaaammmsss 555444999)))... TTThhhiiisss iiisss aaa mmmooodddeeelll ooofff aaa hhheeeaaaddd,,, wwwiiittthhhooouuuttt aaa bbbooodddyyy,,, wwwiiittthhh mmmaaarrrkkkiiinnngggsss tttooo ssshhhooowww fffeeeaaatttuuurrreeesss sssuuuccchhh aaasss hhhaaaiiirrr,,, nnnooossseee,,, llliiipppsss,,, aaannnddd ccclllooossseeeddd eeeyyyeeesss...

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The whole ensemble from Targu-Jiu was inaugurated on October 27th, 1938. After 1989, the monumental Ensemble from Targu Jiu was enlisted in the European heritage.

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th Born on 28 of January 1948 in Băileşti Studies: Plastic Arts Academy Cluj-Napoca Member of Plastic Artist Union Romania

Personal exhibitions: 1975 – Cluj Napoca 1991, 1992 – Viena 2002 – Târgu Jiu 2003 – Fuente Palmera

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This work was published and printed under the Life Long Learning Program within the Comenius Multilateral Project „The Art – Way of Communication” 2009-2011.

Participating countries: Bulgaria – coordinator, Romania and Turkey.

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