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Marcel Chirnoaga

Marcel Chirnoaga was born on August 17th, 1930 in Busteni, Prahova. Graduated Mathematics and Physics Faculty, Bucharest, in 1952. Free studies of art. He is a member of Fine Artists Union of Romania since 1953. He died on 23 April 2008.

Personal exhibitions:
- 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2008 - Bucharest;
- 1960, 1962, 1980, 1984 - Cluj;
- 1982, 1984, 1989 - Constanta;
- 1982, 1984, 1989 - Tulcea;
- 1986 - Sighetul Marmatiei;
- 1988, 1989 - Caransebes;
- 1998 - Iasi, Mogosoaia;
- 2000, 2005 - Onesti;
- 2001 - Slatina;
- 2002 - Bogdanesti - Bacau county;
- 2003 - Cluj;
- 2007 - Jassy.

Personal exhibitions abroad:
- 1969 - Stuttgart (Germany);
- 1972, 1976, 1978, 1980 - Florenta (Italy);
- 1973-1974 - Sarajevo, Mostar (Yougoslavie);
- 1973, 1975 - New York;
- 1973 - Gainsville (U.S.A.);
- 1973, 1977, 1980, 1997 - Bruxelles;
- 1975, 1993 - Paris;
- 1975, 1978, 1979 - Padova (Italy);
- 1975, 1978, 1984 - Sint Lievens, Houfalise (Belgium);
- 1977 - Stockholm (Sweden);
- 1977 - Jivaskila (Finland);
- 1982, 1986 - Mira (Italy);
- 1983 - West Belin;
- 1985 - Tokio;
- 1988 - Piove di Saceo (Italy);
- 1988 - Rome;
- 1994 - Beijing, Ulan Bator (China);
- 1997, 1998 - Bruxelles; - 2002 - Montselice;
- 2002 - Stockholm;
- 2003 - Bruxelles.

Group exhibitions abroad:
-- 1958 - Moscow;
- 1959 - Stockholm, Belgrad, Riga, Leipzig, Budapest;
- 1960 - Venice, Praga, Berlin, Bratislava, Helsinki, Bagdad, Moscow, Cairo, Budapest, Buenos Aires;
- 1963 - Geneva, Damasc, Alexandria, Moscow, Dresden;
- 1964 - Tokio, Rome, Milano, Pekin;
- 1965 - Berlin, Ljubljana;
- 1966 - Sofia, Vienna, Linz, London, Berlin;
- 1967 - Tokio, Berlin;
- 1968 - Montevideo, New York, Cracow, Köln, Tel Aviv, Paris, Helsinki;
- 1969 - Torino, Santiago de Chile, Ljubljana, Tunis, Alexandria, Padova, Beirut, Lüdenscheid, Moscow;
- 1970 - Düsseldorf, Milano, Cracow, New York, Lodz, Portland, Macerata, Cesena, Stuttgart;
- 1971 - Leipzig;
- 1998 - Venice, Finland;
- 1999 - Venice, Ravenna.

Prizes:
- 1967 - Youth prize of Fine Artists Union;
- 1967 - Prize Käthe Kollwitz, Berlin;
- 1968 - 2nd prize of biennial of Cracow (Poland);
- 1970 - Prize for graphic of Fine Artists Union;
- 1975 - Prize of Romanian Academy;
- 1999 - Gold medal "Dante" - Ravenna (Italy);
- 2004 - Diplom of UAP Chisinau - Republic of Moldova.

Works in private collections in: Romania, Italy, France, Germany (Lothar Boltz - Berlin), U.R.S.S., U.S.A., Japan, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Finland, Switzerland.

Works in Romanian museums and institutions:
- National Library - Bucharest;
- Library of Onesti (Bacau county);
- Art museum Barlad;
- Romania National Art Museum - Bucharest;
- Art museum Caransebes;
- Art museum Cluj;
- Art museum Constanta;
- Art museum Galati;
- Art museum Iasi;
- Art museum Sighet;
- Art museum Tulcea;
- Art museum Vaslui.

Works in abroad museum and institutions:
- National Library - Paris - France;
- Embossing cabinet - Berlin - Germany;
- Albertina Museum - Vienna - Austria;
- Hall Museum - Bruxelles - Belgium;
- Puskin Museum - Moscow - Russia;
- Ufizzi Museum - Florence -Italy;
- Public Library - New York - United States of America..