(1923); Noile numiri de sate din Dobrogea Veche (1924); Istoria, obiectul s ¸i
metoda geografiei (1925); Coasta de ra ˘sa ˘rit a Constant ¸ei (1926); Pa ˘m^ antul
Dobrogei (1928); Clima Dobrogei (1928); Profile cuaternare ı
ˆn falezele Ma ˘rii
Negre (1933); Asimetria va ˘ilor (1937); Morfologia Cadrilaterului (1937);
Contribut ¸ii la cunoas ¸terea va ˘ii Nistrului (1941); Oscilat ¸iile de nivel ale apelor s ¸i
bazinului Ma ˘rii Negre ı
ˆn Cuaternar (1942); Evolut ¸ia C^ ampiei Rom^ ane (1944) etc.
and he was a Member of the Academy of Sciences in Bucharest (1935). (Rusu 2016,
370–1)
ALEXANDRU CIUCURENCU (1903, Tulcea – 1977, Bucharest) was a painter
and a Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy since 1963. (Rusu 2016,
370–1) He was a student of George Demetrescu-Mirea and Camil Ressu, and later,
in Paris, at the Julian Art Academy, where he studied with Andre ´ Lhote, working in
his studio and he was nominated Professor (1945) at the Painting Academy, next to
Camil Ressu and Cornel Medrea. Between 1957 and 1968 he was the Rector of “N.
Grigorescu” Institute of Arts in Bucharest and after his official debute in 1930 at the
Official Show Room of Arts; in 1934 he had his first personal exhibition and then
many more, almost annually. Since 1964 he had ample retrospectives in the country
(1964, 1972) and abroad (Athens, Belgrad, Berlin, Budapest, Cairo, Damascus,
Edinburgh, London, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Sofia, To ¯kyo ¯, Warsaw, Venice, Wien,
Zürich etc.). His works – portrets (Sica ˘ Alexandrescu, Ion Dumitrescu, Gh.
Oprescu, Dr. N. Dona, K. Zambaccian, Mihail Jora, Alfred Alessandrescu etc.),
compositions (Treieris ¸, Epilogul ra ˘scoalei, Femeie cu chitara ˘, Femeie citind,
Spa ˘la ˘toreasa, Ca ˘lca ˘toreasa, La oglinda ˘, Pod peste Duna ˘re, Juca ˘torii de s ¸ah,
Odalisca ˘, Femeie ı
ˆn gri, Peisaj cu ca ˘pit ¸e, Femeie culcata ˘ etc.), landscapes (Peisaj
din Tulcea, Peisaj la S ¸elimba ˘r, Peisaj de iarna ˘, Peisaj din gra ˘dina ˘, Sere la
Mogos ¸oaia, Sera ˘ la Ca ˘ciulat ¸i etc.), still lifes and flowers (Natura ˘ statica ˘ cu flori,
Natura ˘ statica ˘ cu ulcior s ¸i ceapa ˘, Ciclamene, Ca ˘rt ¸i s ¸i pipa ˘ etc.), odalisques etc. are
included in important museums in Bucharest, Bras ¸ov, Cluj, Craiova, Ias ¸i, Sibiu,
T^ argu Mures ¸ etc. He was a member and secretary of the Union of the Artists in
Rom^ ania. For his activity he was distinguished with the “Work Order”, class I
(1948), with the “Ion Andreescu” Prize of the Romanian Academy (1956), with the
Order “Steaua R.P.R.”, class III (1959) and he received the titles “Master Emeritus
of Art” (1956) and “Artist of the People” (1964). (Rusu 2016, 370–1)
RADU CODREANU (1904, Tulcea – 1987, Bucharest) was a biologist and a
cytologist, academician since 1974 (Correspondent Member since 1963). (Rusu
2016, 384) Follower of Emil Racovit ¸a ˘ both at the Department of General Biology
and in the field, in general, he made a series of expeditions investigating hydrobiology, the zoology of invertebrates and the evolution of the organisms in various
zoological stations: Wimereux, Roscoff, Paris, Grenoble, Monaco (1924–1939). In
1939 he defended his PhD thesis at Sorbonne, then he was Professor of general
biology and invertebrates zoology at several universities in the country, he contributed to the reorganization of the Research Biological Station at Sinaia and he
discovered new species and genera (Frontonia branchiostomae, Polycladodes
voinovi, Palaeodendrocoelum romandanubiale, Ctenicella amesophleba etc.). He
published over 230 works concerning invertebrates, parasitology, theoretical
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metoda geografiei (1925); Coasta de ra ˘sa ˘rit a Constant ¸ei (1926); Pa ˘m^ antul
Dobrogei (1928); Clima Dobrogei (1928); Profile cuaternare ı
ˆn falezele Ma ˘rii
Negre (1933); Asimetria va ˘ilor (1937); Morfologia Cadrilaterului (1937);
Contribut ¸ii la cunoas ¸terea va ˘ii Nistrului (1941); Oscilat ¸iile de nivel ale apelor s ¸i
bazinului Ma ˘rii Negre ı
ˆn Cuaternar (1942); Evolut ¸ia C^ ampiei Rom^ ane (1944) etc.
and he was a Member of the Academy of Sciences in Bucharest (1935). (Rusu 2016,
370–1)
ALEXANDRU CIUCURENCU (1903, Tulcea – 1977, Bucharest) was a painter
and a Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy since 1963. (Rusu 2016,
370–1) He was a student of George Demetrescu-Mirea and Camil Ressu, and later,
in Paris, at the Julian Art Academy, where he studied with Andre ´ Lhote, working in
his studio and he was nominated Professor (1945) at the Painting Academy, next to
Camil Ressu and Cornel Medrea. Between 1957 and 1968 he was the Rector of “N.
Grigorescu” Institute of Arts in Bucharest and after his official debute in 1930 at the
Official Show Room of Arts; in 1934 he had his first personal exhibition and then
many more, almost annually. Since 1964 he had ample retrospectives in the country
(1964, 1972) and abroad (Athens, Belgrad, Berlin, Budapest, Cairo, Damascus,
Edinburgh, London, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Sofia, To ¯kyo ¯, Warsaw, Venice, Wien,
Zürich etc.). His works – portrets (Sica ˘ Alexandrescu, Ion Dumitrescu, Gh.
Oprescu, Dr. N. Dona, K. Zambaccian, Mihail Jora, Alfred Alessandrescu etc.),
compositions (Treieris ¸, Epilogul ra ˘scoalei, Femeie cu chitara ˘, Femeie citind,
Spa ˘la ˘toreasa, Ca ˘lca ˘toreasa, La oglinda ˘, Pod peste Duna ˘re, Juca ˘torii de s ¸ah,
Odalisca ˘, Femeie ı
ˆn gri, Peisaj cu ca ˘pit ¸e, Femeie culcata ˘ etc.), landscapes (Peisaj
din Tulcea, Peisaj la S ¸elimba ˘r, Peisaj de iarna ˘, Peisaj din gra ˘dina ˘, Sere la
Mogos ¸oaia, Sera ˘ la Ca ˘ciulat ¸i etc.), still lifes and flowers (Natura ˘ statica ˘ cu flori,
Natura ˘ statica ˘ cu ulcior s ¸i ceapa ˘, Ciclamene, Ca ˘rt ¸i s ¸i pipa ˘ etc.), odalisques etc. are
included in important museums in Bucharest, Bras ¸ov, Cluj, Craiova, Ias ¸i, Sibiu,
T^ argu Mures ¸ etc. He was a member and secretary of the Union of the Artists in
Rom^ ania. For his activity he was distinguished with the “Work Order”, class I
(1948), with the “Ion Andreescu” Prize of the Romanian Academy (1956), with the
Order “Steaua R.P.R.”, class III (1959) and he received the titles “Master Emeritus
of Art” (1956) and “Artist of the People” (1964). (Rusu 2016, 370–1)
RADU CODREANU (1904, Tulcea – 1987, Bucharest) was a biologist and a
cytologist, academician since 1974 (Correspondent Member since 1963). (Rusu
2016, 384) Follower of Emil Racovit ¸a ˘ both at the Department of General Biology
and in the field, in general, he made a series of expeditions investigating hydrobiology, the zoology of invertebrates and the evolution of the organisms in various
zoological stations: Wimereux, Roscoff, Paris, Grenoble, Monaco (1924–1939). In
1939 he defended his PhD thesis at Sorbonne, then he was Professor of general
biology and invertebrates zoology at several universities in the country, he contributed to the reorganization of the Research Biological Station at Sinaia and he
discovered new species and genera (Frontonia branchiostomae, Polycladodes
voinovi, Palaeodendrocoelum romandanubiale, Ctenicella amesophleba etc.). He
published over 230 works concerning invertebrates, parasitology, theoretical
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