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Born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1922, was the great-grandson of the
painter iconographer Albert Mauerhamer and nephew of Stefan
Dimitrescu, the Head of the Fine Arts Academy of the city of Iasi, Romania.
Through his early school years, George Dumitresco won several national
art contests and in 1932 was awarded Bucharest's Great National Prize,
for his painting.
At young age, he experimented with wood engraving.
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In 1947, he graduated as Doctor of Medicine and specialised as surgeon.
In 1956, he was a founder of the "Circle of Doctors Artists - Ion Tuculescu",
but in the same year the Romanian "Securitate" arrested him for alleged
"conspiracy against national security". Tortured and detained in awful
conditions, he retained his moral integrity and remained a "non denouncer",
a quality which very few of those that have been put through the communist
jails could be proud of.
Freed from jail, Georges Dumitresco pursued art studies while continuing to
practice medicine, in Bucharest. In 1959, he was named Chief of Bucharest
Hospitals Clinics and in 1966 he obtained a Diploma at the Popular School
of Art of Romania.
Between 1964 and 1969, he displayed his artwork at several collective and
personal exhibitions. In 1968, Georges Dumitresco was the principal founder
of the "Salon des Médecins", in Paris, France. His last personal exhibition
in Bucharest took place in the following year.
In 1969, he got away from his country of origin and settled in Switzerland.
Initially he practiced in Valais, then in Yverdon as doctor at the Paillard
company and later on in Vallorbe, where he established medical rooms, at the
invitation of the local Council. Whilst in the Diaspora, Georges Dumitresco
remained involved in promoting Romanian culture and tradition.
A great scholar, writer, philosopher, artist, doctor, he was member of
the Association of writers of Vaud, the International Federation of
French language writers, of the Association of Romanian writers and the
World Union of writers-doctors. His artwork became the subject of many
articles and publications. In 1978, he was the founder of the "Jura Artistique",
Vallorbe (1978 - 2002), an organization that involves both local
Swiss artists and exiled Romanian artists. Georges Dumitresco extended
cordial invites to Romanian based artists, providing them with the
opportunity to mingle in "the free world".
Through the years he participated in twenty annual exhibitions and in
addition he held personal exhibitions in Switzerland and in Romania,
as well as collective exhibitions in France, Italy, Belgium, Spain,
USA and in Lebanon.
Embassies, churches and various cultural institutions throughout Europe
purchased his artworks.
Georges Dumitresco authored and illustrated over thirty books of prose and
poetry and in 1998 he published
"TRIPTIC", a trilingual
poetic Anthology in Romanian, French and Italian, containing 142 poems. The book
is illustrated by 80 of his paintings reproductions.
In recognition for his excellence, the Romanian and the Swiss Post office
issued special editions of postcards and postal envelopes, decorated with
his paintings.
In his art, Georges Dumitresco utilised diverse techniques: oil, watercolour,
ink, monotype, acrylic, "pointe seche", linocut, tapestry, vitrail and a
personal style named "xeropictogramme".
After retirement, having miraculously overcome a series of cardiac troubles,
George Dumitresco remained more active than ever, devoting his entire time
to poetry and painting.
Georges Dumitreso past away in Lausanne, on 21 October 2008.
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