Mihai Grecu

Mihai Grecu studied at Bucharest National University of Arts. Training under Francisc Șirato, Eustațiu Stoenescu and Moshe Gamburd is recorded. Eduard Gudzenko is recorded as having studied under Mihai Grecu. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history, genre, portrait and landscape. Work by Mihai Grecu is recorded in the collections of Kherson Art Museum and National Museum of Fine Arts. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Republic, USSR State Prize and VDNKh gold medal.

• Name — Mihai Grecu • Honorific Suffix — OR • Born — 22 November 1916 • Birthplace — Faraonivka, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 9 April 1998 (aged 81) • Place of death — Chişinău, Moldova • Resting Place — Chişinău • Education — Moldova State University • Illustration — Mihai Grecu

• 1946 – The Union of the Plastic Artists, Chișinău • 1958 – The State Art Museum of the MSSR, Chișinău • 1963 – The Architect's House, Chișinău • 1966 – "Mihai Grecu at 50 years", Chișinău • 1969 – The Architect's House, Chișinău • 1977 – The State Art Museum of the MSSR, Chișinău • 1986 – "Mihai Grecu at 70 years", Chișinău • 1992 – Chișinău • 1996 – "Mihai Grecu at 80", the National Art Museum of Moldova, Chișinău

• 1965 – Baku, Azerbaijan • 1965 – Odesa, Ukraine • 1966 – Chernivtsi, Ukraine • 1968 – Tallinn, Tartu (Estonia), Riga, Liepāja (Latvia) • 1969 – Lviv, Ukraine • 1971 – Moscow, Russian Federation • 1973 – Vilnius (Lithuania) and Vologda, Russian Federation • 1974 – Yerevan (Armenia), Mykolaiv (Ukraine) • 1975 – Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Russian Federation • 1977 – Novosibirsk, Russian Federation • 1980 – Odesa, Ukraine • 1989 – Moscow, Russian Federation • 1992 – Bacău and Bucharest (Romania)

• 1960 – The Order "Insigna de Onoare" (The Badge of Honor) • 1972 – The Master of Fine Arts of the MSSR • 1987 – The People's Plastic Artist of the MSSR • 1992 – Order of the Republic (Moldova)

• Illustration — The Girls from Ciadar-Lunga on a 2002 Moldovan postage stamp. • Maternity, 1943, paint, 50x34,5 • Woman with a Yellow Headkerchief, 1957, oil on canvas, 93x57 • Turkey (cock), 1969, oil on canvas, 120x120 • Hospitality, 1966–67, oil on canvas, 200x200 • Still-life with Quinces, 1967, oil on canvas, 66x60 • Recruits, 1965, oil on canvas, 131x150 • The Autumn Day, 1964, oil on canvas, 197x116 • The Gates of Orheiul Vechi, 1968 – 1974 • The Cranes Had Gone, 1973, mixed technology, canvas, 120x130 • The Bugeac House, 1982, oil on canvas, 120x130 • Supper in the Field, 1970–1971, oil on canvas, 120x130 • The Old Mill, 1976, oil on canvas, 120x100 • The Girls from Ciadar-Lunga, 1960, oil on canvas, 193x172