Ștefan Câlția (born 15 May 1942) is a contemporary

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n painter. Born in

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, he attended the arts and music high school in

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from 1959 to 1963, having

Julius Podlipny Julius or Iulius Podlipny (most common renditions of the ; ; Hungarian: ''Podlipny Gyula''; Romanian: ''Iuliu Podlipny''; April 12, 1898 – January 15, 1991) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Czechoslovak and Romanian artist, best known for his ...

as a teacher. He then graduated in 1970 from the

Nicolae Grigorescu Nicolae Grigorescu (; 15 May 1838 – 21 July 1907) was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting. He is considered by Romanians the greatest Romanian painter, and one of the founders of modern Romanian art. He is most known for paintin ...

Institute of Fine Arts in

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, having

Corneliu Baba Corneliu Baba (; 18 November 1906, Craiova – 28 December 1997) was a Romanian painter, primarily a portraitist, but also known as a genre painter and an illustrator of books. Early life Having first studied under his father, the academic pain ...

as a teacher. Since the 1970s, Câlția has held exhibitions in

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, the

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, and

. In 1993 he became professor at the National University of Fine Arts in

, and in 2004 he became its

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. His works have been acquired by many important museums and art galleries around the world, such as the

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, Norway, and the Museum of Fantastic Arts in Gruyère,

. He is the most sold Romanian painter.

Honours

Romanian Royal Family The Romanian royal family () constitutes the Romanian subbranch of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern (also known as the ''House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen''), and was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional ...

: 58th Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House

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at Galeria Posibilă. 1942 births Living people Romanian painters Musicians from Brașov {{Romania-painter-stub