Boris Caragea
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Boris Caragea | |
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| Born | January 24, 1906 |
| Died | August 8, 1982 (aged 76) |
| Alma mater | Bucharest National University of Arts |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Boris Caragea (24 January 1906 — 8 August 1982) was a Romanian monumental sculptor and Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy.
Caragea was born on 24 January 1906 in Balchik, Bulgaria (which changed hands multiple times between Bulgaria and Romania in the early 20th century), to a working-class family. He was orphaned at age 10, and thereafter worked as a fisherman and boatman.[1][2]
Caragea became interested in visual arts, and as an amateur produced sculptures in clay and sand.[2] In the interwar period (1924–1925), he was taught sculpture by Hrandt Avakian, a young Armenian artist who had fled the Armenian genocide as a refugee and had settled in Balchik.[3][1] Avakian's own work caught the attention of several high-profile Romanian figures, such as Queen Marie and curator Jean Alexandru Steriadi, and he soon migrated to Bucharest. Caragea followed Avakian,[1] and with the support of the artist Zoe Băicoianu, he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts ("Școală de Arte Frumoase"; now called the Bucharest National University of Arts) in 1926. There, he studied under sculptors Frederic Storck and Oscar Han.[2] He also served as an apprentice at the atelier of Dimitrie Paciurea.[4] Facing financial difficulties, Caragea almost abandoned his studies — however, he graduated in 1932, either with the help of Han (who is said to have allowed him to condense his studies by one year)[5] or with money from Paciurea.[1][3]
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