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==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in [[Bucharest]] to a family originating from [[Craiova]], he was the son of Theodor Anestin, a draftsman employed by the [[Mayor of Bucharest|Bucharest Mayor's Office]], and the grandson of Ion Anestin, an actor noted for his friendship with the dramatist [[Ion Luca Caragiale]].<ref name="lumeacaricaturii">{{ro icon}} [http://infoarte.ro/noutati/Lumea-caricaturii--cu-z%E2mbetul-%EEn-col&%23355%3Bul-gurii-522-2.html Review of "Lumea caricaturii - cu zâmbetul în colțul gurii" ("The World of Caricature - With a Smile in the Corner of the Mouth")], 2006 exhibit at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]] (hosted by infoart.ro)</ref><ref name="marianavida">{{ro icon}} Mariana Vida, [http://www.zf.ro/articol_90897/un_caricaturist_uitat__ion_valentin_anestin.html "Un caricaturist uitat: Ion Valentin Anestin" ("A Forgotten Caricaturist: Ion Valentin Anestin")], in ''[[Ziarul Financiar]]'', August 4, 2006</ref> One of his uncles, [[Victor Anestin|Victor]], was an astronomer, and another, Alexandru, a journalist.<ref name="marianavida"/> In 1918-1920, he attended the [[Academia de Artă din Bucureşti|Bucharest Fine Arts Academy]], where he was taught by the sculptor [[Franz Storck]], and then moved on to the Free Art Academy, founded by painter [[Arthur Verona]].<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/><ref name="marianavida"/>
Born in [[Bucharest]] to a family originating from [[Craiova]], he was the son of Theodor Anestin, a draftsman employed by the [[Mayor of Bucharest|Bucharest Mayor's Office]], and the grandson of Ion Anestin, an actor noted for his friendship with the dramatist [[Ion Luca Caragiale]].<ref name="lumeacaricaturii">{{in lang|ro}} [http://infoarte.ro/noutati/Lumea-caricaturii--cu-z%E2mbetul-%EEn-col&%23355%3Bul-gurii-522-2.html Review of "Lumea caricaturii – cu zâmbetul în colțul gurii" ("The World of Caricature – With a Smile in the Corner of the Mouth")]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 2006 exhibit at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania]] (hosted by infoart.ro)</ref><ref name="marianavida">{{in lang|ro}} Mariana Vida, [http://www.zf.ro/articol_90897/un_caricaturist_uitat__ion_valentin_anestin.html "Un caricaturist uitat: Ion Valentin Anestin" ("A Forgotten Caricaturist: Ion Valentin Anestin")] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193244/http://www.zf.ro/articol_90897/un_caricaturist_uitat__ion_valentin_anestin.html |date=2007-09-27 }}, in ''[[Ziarul Financiar]]'', August 4, 2006</ref> One of his uncles, [[Victor Anestin|Victor]], was an astronomer, and another, Alexandru, a journalist.<ref name="marianavida"/> In 1918–1920, he attended the [[Academia de Artă din București|Bucharest Fine Arts Academy]], where he was taught by the sculptor [[Franz Storck]], and then moved on to the Free Art Academy, founded by painter [[Arthur Verona]].<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/><ref name="marianavida"/>


After 1921, Anestin became a theater and art gallery chronicler, while authoring various theater plays.<ref name="marianavida"/> It was during the period that he also became noted for his satirical cartoons and portraits,<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/><ref name="marianavida"/> heavily influenced by the [[France|French]] school of drawing.<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/> Together with writer [[Mircea Eliade]], Ion Valentin Anestin published the magazine ''Est-Vest'', which was established in 1927 and ceased its existence after only a couple of issues.<ref>[[Mircea Eliade]], ''Autobiography'', [[University of Chicago Press]], [[Chicago]], 1990, ISBN 0-226-20407-3, p.130</ref>
After 1921, Anestin became a theater and art gallery chronicler, while authoring various theater plays.<ref name="marianavida"/> It was during the period that he also became noted for his satirical cartoons and portraits,<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/><ref name="marianavida"/> heavily influenced by the [[France|French]] school of drawing.<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/> Together with writer [[Mircea Eliade]], Ion Valentin Anestin published the magazine ''Est-Vest'', which was established in 1927 and ceased its existence after only a couple of issues.<ref>[[Mircea Eliade]], ''Autobiography'', [[University of Chicago Press]], [[Chicago]], 1990, {{ISBN|0-226-20407-3}}, p.130</ref>


In 1928, he joined [[Vladimir Donescu]] on the staff of ''[[Vremea]]'', editing its theater and art page between 1931 and 1943, while being responsible for the journal's graphic design.<ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="romanescu">{{ro icon}} Paula Romanescu, [http://www.vmr.ro/pg12-3806.htm "Ion Ion la Palat" ("Ion Ion at the Royal Palace")], in ''[[Viața Medicală]]'', nr.38, September 22, 2006</ref> In parallel, Anestin contributed to a large number of newspapers and magazines (including ''[[Epoca (Romanian newspaper)|Epoca]]'', ''[[Adevărul Literar și Artistic]]'', ''[[Timpul]]'', ''Gluma'', ''Cuvântul Liber'', and the [[Romanian Communist Party]]'s ''Bluze Albastre''),<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/> and became a trend-setter in graphic art for the entire [[interwar period]].<ref name="marianavida"/> Noted for his [[left-wing]] convictions,<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/> he drew individual and group satirical portraits of major figures of his day, both Romanian ([[Nicolae Titulescu]], [[Alexandru Averescu]], [[Lucian Blaga]], [[Ion Inculeț]], [[Ion Mihalache]], [[Iuliu Maniu]], [[Gheorghe Tătărescu]], [[Octavian Goga]]) and foreign ([[Adolf Hitler]], [[Benito Mussolini]], and [[Joseph Stalin]]).<ref name="marianavida"/> Additionally, Anestin was known for his original creation, the character Ion Ion, a staple of his work during the 1930s.<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/><ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="romanescu"/> Ion Ion was depicted as a young man with a [[top hat]] or a [[bowler hat]], carrying an umbrella, but having no shirt and trousers.<ref name="romanescu"/>
In 1928, he joined [[Vladimir Donescu]] on the staff of ''[[Vremea]]'', editing its theater and art page between 1931 and 1943, while being responsible for the journal's graphic design.<ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="romanescu">{{in lang|ro}} Paula Romanescu, [http://www.vmr.ro/pg12-3806.htm "Ion Ion la Palat" ("Ion Ion at the Royal Palace")], in ''[[Viața Medicală]]'', nr.38, September 22, 2006</ref> In parallel, Anestin contributed to a large number of newspapers and magazines (including ''[[Epoca (Romanian newspaper)|Epoca]]'', ''[[Adevărul Literar și Artistic]]'', ''[[Timpul]]'', ''Gluma'', ''Cuvântul Liber'', and the [[Romanian Communist Party]]'s ''Bluze Albastre''),<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/> and became a trend-setter in graphic art for the entire [[interwar period]].<ref name="marianavida"/> Noted for his [[left-wing]] convictions,<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/> he drew individual and group satirical portraits of major figures of his day, both Romanian ([[Nicolae Titulescu]], [[Alexandru Averescu]], [[Lucian Blaga]], [[Ion Inculeț]], [[Ion Mihalache]], [[Iuliu Maniu]], [[Gheorghe Tătărescu]], [[Octavian Goga]]) and foreign ([[Adolf Hitler]], [[Benito Mussolini]], and [[Joseph Stalin]]).<ref name="marianavida"/> Additionally, Anestin was known for his original creation, the character Ion Ion, a staple of his work during the 1930s.<ref name="lumeacaricaturii"/><ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="romanescu"/> Ion Ion was depicted as a young man with a [[top hat]] or a [[bowler hat]], carrying an umbrella, but having no shirt and trousers.<ref name="romanescu"/>


During [[World War II]], beginning a month before the [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina]] and continuing throughout Romania's alliance with the [[Axis Powers]] (''see [[Romania during World War II]]''), Anestin's work centered on denouncing Stalin and the [[Soviet Union]], in a series titled ''Măcelarul din Piața Roșie'' ("The [[Red Square]] Butcher") published by the magazine ''Gluma''.<ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="ralucaalexandrescu">{{ro icon}} Raluca Alexandrescu, [http://www.observatorcultural.ro/informatiiarticol.phtml?xid=4144 "Mai multe începuturi de drum" ("Several Road Starts")], interview with Ioana Zlotescu, in ''[[Observator Cultural]]''</ref><ref name="nicolesima">{{ro icon}} Nicole Sima, [http://atelier.liternet.ro/arhiva/933/Nicole-Sima/Cred-in-Mos-Craciun.html "Cred în Moș Crăciun!" ("I Believe in Santa Claus!"), memoir hosted by LiterNet]</ref> Following the start of [[Soviet occupation of Romania|Soviet occupation]], the artist was barred from publishing by the [[Censorship in Communist Romania|censorship apparatus]] for a five-year period (1944–1949), and ultimately imprisoned.<ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="ralucaalexandrescu"/><ref name="nicolesima"/> He died soon after his release.<ref name="ralucaalexandrescu"/><ref name="nicolesima"/>
During [[World War II]], beginning a month before the [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina]] and continuing throughout Romania's alliance with the [[Axis Powers]] (''see [[Romania during World War II]]''), Anestin's work centered on denouncing Stalin and the [[Soviet Union]], in a series titled ''Măcelarul din Piața Roșie'' ("The [[Red Square]] Butcher") published by the magazine ''Gluma''.<ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="ralucaalexandrescu">{{in lang|ro}} Raluca Alexandrescu, [http://www.observatorcultural.ro/informatiiarticol.phtml?xid=4144 "Mai multe începuturi de drum" ("Several Road Starts")] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120906071626/http://www.observatorcultural.ro/informatiiarticol.phtml?xid=4144 |date=2012-09-06 }}, interview with Ioana Zlotescu, in ''[[Observator Cultural]]''</ref><ref name="nicolesima">{{in lang|ro}} Nicole Sima, [http://atelier.liternet.ro/arhiva/933/Nicole-Sima/Cred-in-Mos-Craciun.html "Cred în Moș Crăciun!" ("I Believe in Santa Claus!"), memoir hosted by LiterNet]</ref> Following the start of [[Soviet occupation of Romania|Soviet occupation]], the artist was barred from publishing by the [[Censorship in Communist Romania|censorship apparatus]] for a five-year period (1944–1949), and ultimately imprisoned.<ref name="marianavida"/><ref name="ralucaalexandrescu"/><ref name="nicolesima"/> He died soon after his release.<ref name="ralucaalexandrescu"/><ref name="nicolesima"/>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{ro icon}} [http://www.b24fun.ro/?c=64&evt=3326 Chronicle of the 2006 exhibit, in ''B24 Fun'']
*{{in lang|ro}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929072148/http://www.b24fun.ro/?c=64&evt=3326 Chronicle of the 2006 exhibit, in ''B24 Fun'']


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Latest revision as of 21:46, 30 May 2023

Ion Valentin Anestin
Portrait of Anestin, by Iosif Iser
BornDecember 24, 1900
Bucharest
DiedDecember 6, 1963
NationalityRomanian
EducationFranz Storck, Arthur Verona
Known forcaricature, engraving, painting, sculpting
Anestin's drawing of Ion Ion

Ion Valentin Anestin (December 24, 1900 – December 6, 1963) was a Romanian graphic artist, engraver, painter, sculptor, journalist and dramatist. Noted as a caricaturist and art critic, he was the father of Ion Nuni Anestin, himself a visual artist and actor.

Biography[edit]

Born in Bucharest to a family originating from Craiova, he was the son of Theodor Anestin, a draftsman employed by the Bucharest Mayor's Office, and the grandson of Ion Anestin, an actor noted for his friendship with the dramatist Ion Luca Caragiale.[1][2] One of his uncles, Victor, was an astronomer, and another, Alexandru, a journalist.[2] In 1918–1920, he attended the Bucharest Fine Arts Academy, where he was taught by the sculptor Franz Storck, and then moved on to the Free Art Academy, founded by painter Arthur Verona.[1][2]

After 1921, Anestin became a theater and art gallery chronicler, while authoring various theater plays.[2] It was during the period that he also became noted for his satirical cartoons and portraits,[1][2] heavily influenced by the French school of drawing.[1] Together with writer Mircea Eliade, Ion Valentin Anestin published the magazine Est-Vest, which was established in 1927 and ceased its existence after only a couple of issues.[3]

In 1928, he joined Vladimir Donescu on the staff of Vremea, editing its theater and art page between 1931 and 1943, while being responsible for the journal's graphic design.[2][4] In parallel, Anestin contributed to a large number of newspapers and magazines (including Epoca, Adevărul Literar și Artistic, Timpul, Gluma, Cuvântul Liber, and the Romanian Communist Party's Bluze Albastre),[1] and became a trend-setter in graphic art for the entire interwar period.[2] Noted for his left-wing convictions,[1] he drew individual and group satirical portraits of major figures of his day, both Romanian (Nicolae Titulescu, Alexandru Averescu, Lucian Blaga, Ion Inculeț, Ion Mihalache, Iuliu Maniu, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Octavian Goga) and foreign (Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin).[2] Additionally, Anestin was known for his original creation, the character Ion Ion, a staple of his work during the 1930s.[1][2][4] Ion Ion was depicted as a young man with a top hat or a bowler hat, carrying an umbrella, but having no shirt and trousers.[4]

During World War II, beginning a month before the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina and continuing throughout Romania's alliance with the Axis Powers (see Romania during World War II), Anestin's work centered on denouncing Stalin and the Soviet Union, in a series titled Măcelarul din Piața Roșie ("The Red Square Butcher") published by the magazine Gluma.[2][5][6] Following the start of Soviet occupation, the artist was barred from publishing by the censorship apparatus for a five-year period (1944–1949), and ultimately imprisoned.[2][5][6] He died soon after his release.[5][6]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g (in Romanian) Review of "Lumea caricaturii – cu zâmbetul în colțul gurii" ("The World of Caricature – With a Smile in the Corner of the Mouth")[permanent dead link], 2006 exhibit at the National Museum of Art of Romania (hosted by infoart.ro)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k (in Romanian) Mariana Vida, "Un caricaturist uitat: Ion Valentin Anestin" ("A Forgotten Caricaturist: Ion Valentin Anestin") Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, in Ziarul Financiar, August 4, 2006
  3. ^ Mircea Eliade, Autobiography, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1990, ISBN 0-226-20407-3, p.130
  4. ^ a b c (in Romanian) Paula Romanescu, "Ion Ion la Palat" ("Ion Ion at the Royal Palace"), in Viața Medicală, nr.38, September 22, 2006
  5. ^ a b c (in Romanian) Raluca Alexandrescu, "Mai multe începuturi de drum" ("Several Road Starts") Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today, interview with Ioana Zlotescu, in Observator Cultural
  6. ^ a b c (in Romanian) Nicole Sima, "Cred în Moș Crăciun!" ("I Believe in Santa Claus!"), memoir hosted by LiterNet

External links[edit]

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