Virgil Preda

Virgil Preda (2 September 1923 - 23 October 2011) ^[1] was a Romanian painter.

Studies

• Finished the studies of Private Academy of Art in Bucharest 1948.
• The studies of Law University between 1943 and 1947, in Bucharest.

Debut

• Preda was born in Bucharest. He exhibited for the first time to the yearly exhibition in 1962 in Bucharest.

One man shows România

• 1965 Painting exhibition "Galateea" Gallery Bucharest
• 1969 Painting exhibition "Orizont" Gallery Bucharest
• 1975 Painting exhibition "Eforie" Gallery Bucharest
• 1978 Painting exhibition "Eforie" Gallery Bucharest
• 1983 Istituto Italiano di Cultura in România Bucharest
• 1985 Painting exhibition "Orizont" Gallery Bucharest
• 1994 Painting exhibition "Simeza" Gallery
• 1996 Painting exhibition Gallery of Brazilian Embassy in Bucharest.
• 2001 Painting exhibition "Simeza" Gallery, Bucharest

One man shows opened abroad

• 1977 - "Raffadali" Galiery Raffadali Italy
• 1979 - Romano Galiery Agrigento Italy
• 1990 Painting exhibition: attitude dialogue Galiery "Orizont" Bucharest

Group exhibitions in state and abroad

• 1971 "Apollo" Galiery Bucharest
• 1983 "Căminul Artei" Galiery Bucharest
• 1984 "Eforie Galiery" Bucharest
• 1986 "Orizont Galiery" Bucharest
• 1990 "Orizont Galiery" Bucharest
• 1968 Romanian art exhibition Orly France
• 1969 Romanian art exhibition Prague Tcecoslovaquie
• 1973 Romanian art exhibition Venice Italy
• Romanian art exhibition Tokyo Japan
• 1984 Exhibition at Academia Romena di Cultura Roma Italy
• 1985 Exhibition 18 Painters from România Rotour Tamnusanlage 18 Galiery FrankfurtamMain Germany
• 1992 Romanian art exhibition "Steven Metzier" Galiery Denver Colorado-SUA

Private collections in Romania and abroad

• Romania, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Hungaria, Japon, U.S.A.

Bibliography

• Octavian Barbosa 'The Dictionary of Romanian Contemporary Artists";
• Dan Grigorescu Idea and Sensibility;
• Alexandru Cebuc, Vasile Florea, Negoiţă Lăptoiu - The encyclopedia of the contemporary Romanian artist. Ed. ARC 2000 Bucharest

References

1. "LavaCow".