The Transylvanian Art Center cordially invites You to the opening of Vetro Artur’s (1919 – 1992) exhibition on Friday, the 2nd of July 2021, at 6 pm at the Transylvanian Art Center (Sfântu Gheorghe, Oltului street no. 2, ground floor)

The guests will be greeted by Beáta Bordás PhD, coordinator of the Transylvanian Art Center
The exhibition will be opened by Mihály Vargha, director of the Székely National Museum
The curator of the exhibition is Péter Madaras, sculptor

The event is held with consideration to reduce the risk of the spreading of coronavirus pandemic, wearing masks properly and maintaining the required social distance during the event is obligatory

The exhibition can be visited between the 3rd of July and the 6th of August 2021, from Tuesdays to Fridays from 10 to 17, and on Saturdays between 10 and 18

Sponsors:
Town Hall of Sfântu Gheorghe
Transylvanian Art Center Association
Bethlen Gábor Foundation

Artur Vetro, sculptor I Temesvár/Timișoara, 30 August 1919 – Kolozsvár/Cluj Napoca, 25 February 1992

He is a graduate of the Piarist High School in Temesvár. In 1938, he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Temesvár, where he studied sculpture, under the guidance of Romulus Ladea, Gyula Podlipny and Catul Bogdan. In 1940 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, where his teachers were Ferenc Sidló and Zsigmond Strobl Kisfaludi, and had István Szőnyi, as his drawing professor. During his years at the college, he met Nándor Gallasz, who was already suffering from health problems at the time. This acquaintance had a major influence on his artistic development. In 1945, he returned to Temesvár, where he became involved almost immediately in the artistic life of the city, participating in numerous group exhibitions. At the same time, he began teaching at the Technical School of Fine Arts in Temesvár and became a member of the Romanian Fine Artists’ Union which was being set up at the time. In 1948, when the Art Institute of Kolozsvár was organized, of the generation of young artists he was invited to join the team of professors at the sculpture department. In 1950, the Hungarian Art Institute was abolished, and from then until 1983 he was a professor at the "Ion Andreescu" College of Fine Arts. Between 1959 and 1968 he was also the dean of the institution. Among his outstanding students were László Hunyadi, Ingo Glass, József Miholcsa, András Vetró, Attila Dienes, Mihály Vargha, Géza Starmüller Jr.

Solo exhibition:
1989: Artur Vetro and András Vetró, „Vigadó” Culture House, Kézdivásárhely/Târgu Secuiesc

Commemorative exhibitions:
1992: Artur Vetro and András Vetró, Gallery of the Romanian Fine Artists’ Union, Kolozsvár ● 1995: Artur Vetro, Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Kolozsvár ● 1998: Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, „Korunk” Gallery, Kolozsvár ● 1999: Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Reményik Sándor Gallery, Kolozsvár ● 1999: Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Kolozsvár ● 2000: Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, „Incze László” Museum of Guilds’ History, Kézdivásárhely ● 2001 Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, „Gyárfás Jenő” Fine Art Gallery, Sepsiszentgyörgy/Sfântu Gheorghe ● 2002: In Memoriam Artur Vetro. „Minerva” Cultural Association, Kolozsvár ● 2003: Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Museum of Banat, Temesvár ● 2003: Exhibition of the Vetró Family (Artur Vetro, András Vetró, Zsuzsa Vetró Bodoni, Sebestyén András Vetró Bodoni, Barnabás Vetró), Delta Gallery, Arad ●
2009: Seen people, Artur Vetro's graphics Quadro Gallery, Kolozsvár ● The Dinasty (Artur Vetro, András Vetró, Zsuzsa Vetró Bodoni, Sebestyén András Vetró Bodoni, Barnabás Vetró Bodoni, Bence Vetró Bodoni, Balázs Vetró Bodoni Sebestyén, Péter Vetró Bodoni Sebestyén), Incze László Museum of Guilds’ History, Kézdivásárhely

Group exhibitions (selection)
1945: Group exhibition with Gyula Podlipny, István Szőnyi, András Szobotka and Lehnhardt Ferch, Temesvár ● 1948: Banat Region Exhibition, Temesvár ● 1950: Annual National Exhibition of the Romanian Fine Artists’Union, Bucharest ● 1951-1953: Annual national exhibition of Kolozsvár region, Kolozsvár ● 1952: Romanian Fine Arts, Warsaw ● 1954: Venice Biennale ● 1954: Annual Exhibition of the Romanian Fine Artists’Union, Bucharest ● 1954: Romanian Fine Arts, Prague ● 1955: Fine arts exhibition, Kolozsvár, Torda/Turda ● 1957: 10 years of creation, Bucharest ● 1957: Contemporary art in the Romanian People's Republic, Moscow ● 1958: Contemporary art in Romania, Bratislava ● 1958: Contemporary art in Romania, Beijing ● 1958: Contemporary art in Romania, New-Delhi ● 1960: Romanian Fine Arts, Helsinki ● 1960: Classical and Contemporary art in Romania, Berlin ● 1960-1961: Contemporary art in Romania, Alexandria, Cairo ● 1961: Romanian contemporary art, Damascus ● 1961: Fine art exhibition, Sofia ● 1966: Romanian painting and sculpture, Budapest ● 1968: The exhibition of the Cluj branch of the Romanian Fine Artists’ Union, Podgorica ● 1970: Biennale of painting and sculpture, Bucharest ● 1977: Group exhibition, „Korunk” Gallery, Kolozsvár ● 1986: Inter-county fine art exhibition, Kolozsvár

Public sculptures (selection):
1948: Eftimie Murgu, bust, bronze, Temesvár ● 1952 c.: George Coșbuc, bust, bronze, Hordó/Coșbuc ● 1953 c.: Endre Ady, bust, stone, Nagyvárad ● 1961c.: Cheerfulness, statue, marble, Eforie ● 1972 c.: Elek Kiss, funeral monument, stone, Kolozsvár ● 1976: Integető nő (Waving woman), statue, bronze, Sepsiszentgyörgy ● 1980: János Bolyai, bust, stone, Szárhegy/Lăzarea ● 1994: János Bolyai, bust, stone, Kolozsvár ● 1997: Imre Nagy, bust, bronze, Csíkszereda/Miercurea Ciuc

Irodalom:
SZÉKELY Sebestyén György: Seen people. Artur Vetro's graphics (Quadro Gallery, 2009)● NÉMETH Júlia: Vetro Artur szobrászművész emlékére/ In the memory of Artur Vetro („Művelődés” Magazine, Kolozsvár, 2009.)
Artur Vetro (Museum of Fine Arts, Kolozsvár, 1999)
In Memoriam Artur Vetro (Minerva Cultural Association, Kolozsvár, 2012)
Artur Vetro: Jelzések a Művészet Útvesztőiben I egy szobrász jegyzetei művészetről, művészekről / Signs in the Maze of Art I A sculptor’s notes on art and artists (IDEA Puplishing, Kolozsvár, 2016)