The patriarch of Craiova painters, Viorel Penișoară-Stegaru, will be celebrated at the "Marin Sorescu" National Theater, on Friday, December 20, from 5:00 PM by collaborators and friends who were close to him during a 55-year career in the Craiova institution.
Along with Emil Boroghină, TNC directors Alexandru Boureanu and Vlad Drăgulescu will pay tribute to him at an event to be held at Sala Atelier. Theater critics Ion Parhon and Mariana Ciolan will also participate in the celebration of a professional who entered the Craiova theater in 1960 and who created the set design for over 130 shows.
Presented by Nicolae Coande.
Admission is free.
Viorel Penișoară Stegaru was born in Duda-Epureni, Vaslui County, on July 5, 1934. He studied drawing and graphic arts in Iași and Bucharest with Dobrian, Luca and Molnar.
He studies easel painting with Cămăruț, Saru and Catul–Bogdan.
He graduated in 1960 from the "Nicolae Grigorescu" Academy of Arts in Bucharest, scenography department, class of Toni Gheorghiu, Al. Brătășanu, Traian Nițescu. Travels for studies, documentation and cultural contacts: Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, France, Israel, England.
Since 1960, painter-scenographer of the National Theater in Craiova. From the same year, he exhibited at all official, county and interregional salons, at the official national painting and graphics salons in Bucharest: 1966, 1967, 1971, 1978, 1987. He debuted at the Craiova National Theatre in 1960, alongside director Georgeta Tomescu, with whom he collaborated in many performances: Ecou înferată by Sava Golovanovski, ...escu by Tudor Mușatescu, Fiicele by Sidonia Drăgușanu, A twelfth night by W. Shakespeare, Neamurile by Teofil Bușecan, Mirele furat by Ștefan Haralamb, Nunta lui Figaro by Beaumarchais, Hagi Tudose, by V. Delavrancea, The Trojan Women by Euripides, Aesop by Guilherme Figueiredo, The Gold of the Beautiful Courtesan by M. Drzici. He had a long-term collaboration with director Mircea Cornișteanu: Cousin Shakespeare by Marin Sorescu, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, Vacation in Guadeloupe by Pierre Sauvil and Eric Assous, The Suitors by D. R. Popescu, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, The House with Guns by Dumitru Dinulescu, Alice Doesn't Know How to Die by Gheorghe Truță, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, Olympus on Crutches by Dragan Stankovici, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu, Looking for a Tenor by Ken Ludwig, Puiu's Wedding by Puși Dinulescu, The Light in the Attic by Carmen Firan, directed by Mircea Cornișteanu etc.
He created the poster for the show Arca Bunei Speranțe, a show by Aureliu Manea based on the play of the same name by Ion D. Sîrbu, in 1989, a premonitory image of the Victory sign made by those who took to the streets during the bloody days of the Romanian revolution.
He exhibits set, costume, model, and stage design projects at the national scenography salons: 1961, 1967, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1987.
Exhibits abroad:
– 1962 – Scenography Salon, Havana
– 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, Prague Scenography Quadrennial
– 1975, 1978, 1984, Triennial of Scenography, Novi-Sad
– Exhibits in Bucharest, at the Official Painting and Graphic Salons between 1966-1981 (8 participations).
1994 – small graphics, poster, engraving and book illustration – “Arta” Hall, Craiova
1994 – Nude – drawing and pastel – at the “Vollard” Hall, Craiova
1999, 2004, 2009 – painting and pastel at the Craiova Art Museum
2009 – pastel at the “Vollard” Galleries, Craiova
– Group exhibition, Dzintari-Riga
– Painting and pastel exhibition. Dijon, Angers and Voisins le Bretonneaux – France
– “Nights of Europe”, Oltenia Museum, “Ștefan Ciuceanu” exhibition hall, June 2015
– Exhibition of prints, Art Gallery, small hall of the Craiova Branch of the Union of Visual Artists (Bd. Ştirbei Vodă), 1 -15 June 2015
– Sentimental opening, Carmelita guesthouse – June 2015
– “Visual Eclectic Show”, Bucharest, at the “Cecilia Cuţescu Storck” Contemporary Art Gallery, October–November 2017
– The exhibition “Viorel Penișoară-Stegaru ‘90”, October 2024, curator Lucian Rogneanu
Awards
1981 – Second Prize – for the set design of the show "The Eagle Thieves" awarded by the Ministry of Culture – Iași.
1982-1983 – Second Prize and laureate title – National Theatre Festival, for the scenography of the play Politics by Theodor Mănescu
1984-1985 – First Prize – National Theatre Festival, for the scenography of the show The Guard at the Sand Deposit by D. R. Popescu
-First Prize – Romanian Dramaturgy Gala, Timișoara, for the scenography of the show The Guard at the Sand Deposit by D. R. Popescu
1986 – First Prize for scenography – Historical Theatre Gala – Craiova
1987 – First Prize – National Theatre Festival, for the set design of the show Power and Truth, after Titus Popovici
1988 – Teatrul Magazine Award, for the scenography of the show Furniture and Pain by Teodor Mazilu
1997 – Performance Award – Contemporary Theatre Festival, Brașov `97 – for the scenography of the show Paracliserul by Marin Sorescu
2004 – “Omnia” Award of the magazine “Mozaicul”, Craiova
2004 – “Eustaţiu Stoenescu” Award of the “Lamura” magazine, Craiova
2005 – Award for lifetime achievement granted by the Senate of the Romanian Theatre Union at the UNITER Awards Gala
