Ioachim Miloia (3 May 1897, Ferendia,

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– 25 March 1940) was a Romanian painter, historian, manager of the

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Museum in

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and professor at the Technical University in Timișoara.

Life

He graduated from high school and the Theological Academy in

Caransebeș Caransebeș (; ; , Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a city in Caraș-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. One village, Jupa (), is administered by the city. The city is located at the confluence of the Timiș River with ...

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. Afterwards he studied at the Faculty of Letters and the National University of Art in

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, from 1919 to 1920. As a painter, together with Catul Bogdan, he created the mural painting in the Iosefin Orthodox Church in Timișoara.''Timișoara în anul 1939 – Iosefin''
agenda.ro, accesat 2008-06-18 Further examples of his work can be found in churches in Folia, Topolovăţu Mare, Cuptoare-Secu, Bocşa Montană, Jebel, Oraviţa and

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. In the late 1920s he was appointed general manager of the Banat Museum and in the '30s he headed the Banat Regional Archives. He died in 1950 in

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, following a prolonged illness. In his honor, municipal authorities in Timișoara named a street after him.

Works

*A Gallery of Classical Masters - Painting of the Renaissance *The Legend of the Cross in Medieval Art and Literature *Considerations Upon the Renaissance *Studies and Articles Upon Art *Studies and Articles upon History

Notes

References

* Mircea Miloia, Aurel Turcuș, Gheorghe Mudura, Nicolae Săcară - ''Omagiu Ioachim Miloia. Un erudit cărturar (1897–1940).'', Timișoara: Ed. Mirton, 1997 * Lucian Predescu - ''Enciclopedia României. Cugetarea'', București: Editura Saeculum, 1999, * Romanian painters {{romania-painter-stub