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Georges Dumitresco

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Doctor of medicine
Georges Dumitresco
Georges Dumitresco
BornGeorge Dumitrescu
18 April 1922
Bucharest, Romania
💀Died21 October 2008
Lausanne, Switzerland21 October 2008
Resting placeMontoie Funeral Center, Lausanne
46°31′12″N 6°36′23″E / 46.519906129831504°N 6.60626523501573°E / 46.519906129831504; 6.60626523501573
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🏳️ NationalityRomania, Switzerland
💼 Occupation
Known forArt and poetry in French, Romanian and Italian
Notable work
  • Triptic (1998)
  • Esto Memor (2008)
👩 Spouse(s)Isabella Dumitresco Simionescu

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Georges Dumitresco was a doctor of medicine by profession but also an artist, painter, illustrator and poet (1922 - 2008).[1][2][3]

Born in Bucharest, Romania, on 18 April 1922, son of Victor Dumitrescu and Alexandrina Lebădă-Ottulescu, the great-grandson of the painter iconographer Albert Mauerhamer and nephew of Stefan Dimitrescu (1886 - 1933) [4], the Head of the Fine Arts Academy of the city of Iasi, Romania.[5]


After completing his professional and artistic studies in Romania and practicing medicine, he fled on 13 September 1969 from his homeland and settled in Switzerland with his wife Isabella Simionescu (theater actor) [6]. After settling in Switzerland, Georges Dumitresco lived in several locations, including Sion, Yverdon-les-Bains, and Lausanne [4]. From 1973 to 1995, he maintained a medical practice as a family doctor in Vallorbe, while also working at various hospitals throughout the canton of Vaud.

A scholar, writer, philosopher, artist, doctor, he was member of the Association vaudoise des écrivains [fr] (Association of writers of Vaud), Salon des Médecins Suisses the Société des gens de lettres (International Federation of French language writers), of the Romanian Writers' Society and the International Medical Writers Association. His artwork became the subject of many articles and publications [1][5][7][8].

Biography

Early life, Romania (1922 - 1969)

Born and spent his childhood in his parental home at 80, Gala Galaction street, not far from the center of Bucharest. His father Victor Dumitresco was an economist and his mother Alexandrina (born Lebădă-Ottulescu) was the vice president of the Red Cross in Bucharest.

Through his early school years, George Dumitresco won several national art contests. At the age of 10, was awarded Bucharest's Great National Prize, for his painting [7][9]. At his young age, he also experimented with wood engraving.

Studied Medicine and graduated in 1947 as Doctor of Medicine with his thesis obtaining a great distinction (Magna cum Laude). He further specialised as surgeon while he studied art in the evenings (1954-1956), at the Popular Art school of Bucharest.

In 1955, he was a founder of the "Circle of Doctors Artists - Ion Țuculescu" [3][10], a forum for doctors to exhibit their art.

In 1956, Dumitresco was arrested by the Romanian Securitate for alleged "conspiracy against national security".[4] He was subsequently imprisoned for two years at Malmaison a Bucharest facility for political prisoners. Dumitresco was also accused of refusing to testify against others, a choice that was reportedly rare among political prisoners at the time. According to his memoirs, he was subjected to torture and harsh conditions during his interrogation. His experiences with the Securitate were later documented in the daily newspaper România Liberă, which quoted Dumitresco describing the brutality he endured. He recounted the terror of being taken from his home at night, handcuffed, and transported to the prison. [11]

Freed from jail, Georges Dumitresco pursued art studies while continuing to practice medicine, in Bucharest. In 1959, he was named Chief of Bucharest Hospitals Clinics and in 1966 he obtained a Diploma at the Popular School of Art of Romania. Between 1964 and 1969, Georges Dumitresco displayed his artwork at several collective and personal exhibitions.

In 1968, Georges Dumitresco was the principal founder of the "Salon des Médecins", in Paris, France. His last personal exhibition in Bucharest took place in the following year.

Life in Switzerland (1969 - 2008)

On September 13, 1969, Georges Dumitresco left Romania and settled in Switzerland. He initially practiced medicine in Valais before moving to Yverdon, where he worked as a doctor for the Paillard company. He later established a private medical practice in Vallorbe at the invitation of the local council. [12][13]

A medical doctor and a versatile artist, Georges Dumitresco contributed articles on health topics to the daily newspaper Nouvelliste [14][15] and also illustrated the paper and its articles.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

While living abroad, Georges Dumitresco continued to promote Romanian culture and tradition.[24] He founded the "Jura Artistique" [5] organization in Vallorbe in 1978. The group, which continues to be active, serves as a platform for both local Swiss artists and Romanian artists living in exile.[25][26]

Over the course of his artistic career, Georges Dumitresco was a regular participant in twenty annual exhibitions and held solo exhibitions in both Switzerland [6][27][28] and Romania. [29][30] His art was also displayed in collective exhibitions in several countries, including France [31], Italy [8], Belgium, Spain, the United States and Lebanon. Georges Dumitresco donated many of his paintings to embassies, churches, and museums throughout Europe, while other artworks were acquired by private art collectors, financial institutions, and various businesses.

Georges Dumitresco died in Lausanne, on 21 October 2008 [32].

Art

Painting and illustrations

A versatile artist, Georges Dumitresco utilized a diverse range of techniques, such as oil, watercolour, ink, monotype, acrylic, drypoint (pointe sèche), linocut, tapestry, and stained glass (vitrail). He is also known for creating a personal artistic style he called "xeropictogramme." [6][7][25][30][33].

His works have been published in Romanian publications such as Memoria, revista gândirii arestate [34][35], Luceafarul [36], Literatorul [37] and Romania Libera [38].

During his February–March 1999 exhibition in Paris, art critic Jean-Louis Avril wrote about Georges Dumitresco's technical range in the magazine Univers des Arts:

"... the artist explores all techniques, from Chinese ink drawing to colored inks, from oil painting to engraving, from ceramics to metalwork, and even tapestry."

— Jean-Louis Avril, Georges Dumitresco - Les fins cachées de toute chose (English: The hidden ends of all things)

[31]

Poetry and publications

Georges Dumitresco authored and illustrated over thirty books of prose and poetry. In 1998, he published "TRIPTIC" [1][5][39] , a trilingual poetic Anthology in Romanian, French and Italian, containing 142 poems, illustrated by 80 of his paintings reproductions.

According to Romanian poet Geo Vasile, Georges Dumitresco wrote with equal skill in French and Romanian and his book is a book about a life of resistance through remembrance and confession, of constant revisiting of classical models, certainties of spiritual endurance, Romanian civilization and authenticity. [40][41]

In a November 1999 article titled "Une Alchemie du beau" in a supplement to the Swiss magazine ph+arts, writer Maurice Métral described Dumitresco as an "extraordinary" artist, calling him a "poet of beauty, serenity, and all matters of the human soul." Métral also praised Dumitresco as a "brilliant painter of faith in humanity and nature, in the omnipresence of God." [42]

Recognition

  • The art of Georges Dumitresco was honored by both the Romanian Post and the Swiss Post, which issued special editions of postcards and postal envelopes featuring his paintings.[43] [44]
  • According to the Memoria publication: as a recognition of his literary merits, the Society Doctors Writers and Publicists from Romania established the "Georges Dumitresco Award". [4]

Bibliography

  • "Triptic" 1998 (ISBN: 973-9320-08-0) a trilingual poetic Anthology in Romanian, French and Italian, publisher: Viaţa Medicală Românească
  • "Esto Memor" 2008 (ISBN: 978-973-160-024-6) Memories, diaries, recollections, publisher: Viaţa Medicală Românească

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mihailide, Mihail (2013-10-31). "Georges Dumitresco – un uomo universalis". Viața Medicală (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-08-12.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Mihail_Mihailide [ro]
  2. ↑ Gessler, Gérard (1969-12-12). "Rencontre avec Georges Dumitresco «Ma peinture: un hobby et un refuge»". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 2 (272): 27. Retrieved 2025-08-12 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cenaclul de Arte Plastice al Medicilor Ion Țuculescu - Fondat 1955 - Founding members" [Ion Țuculescu Medical Artists' Circle - Founded in 1955 - Founding Members]. Arta Si Medicina (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-09-04.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "IN MEMORIAM Georges Dumitresco 1922-2008". Memoria - revista gândirii arestate (in Romanian). Vol. 1-2 no. 66–67. FUNDAȚIA CULTURALĂ MEMORIA. 2009. pp. 226–227. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Arcanum.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Reymond, Jean-François (1998-03-20). "Un médecin, deux passion". Région (in French). Vaud, Switzerland: 16.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Dumitresco, Georges (1980-03-03). "Georges Dumitresco à la galerie Mounir à Sion". Nouvellist et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 13 (52): 10. Retrieved 2025-09-03 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Italo Carlo Sesti, L'Art de Dumitresco (G. Dumitresco et son Univers, Scena illustrata 1980)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 En Italie: à Rome, Exposition des Maitres contemporains, La Revue Moderne des arts et de la vie, June 1975
  9. ↑ Zaharia, D.N. (1991-08-02). "ARTA FĂRĂ FRONTIERA" [Art without borders]. Cronica Revista de cultura (in Romanian). Iași: Casa de presa si editura. 23: 16. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Arcanum.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  10. ↑ Bantaș, Suzana (2005). "Ce fac medicii?" [What do doctors do?]. Revista Medicală Română (3): 66–67. eISSN 2069-606X. ISSN 1220-5478. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  11. ↑ Mihalcea, Al. (2003-08-12). "Georges Dumitresco: poezie şi pictură - "lungi tăceri şi revolte înăbuşite"". România liberă (in Romanian). Transilvania Banat (4073): 2. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Arcanum. Fost deținut politic, în România trăiește din plin dura experiență a anchetelor din beciurile Securității, grozăvia interogatoriilor la care era târât noaptea, încătușat, în sinistrul local Malmaison, de pe str. Plevnei. Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  12. ↑ Pichon, Michel, ed. (1995-04-20). "Un cri d'amour venu de l'Est". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). Sion: ESH Médias (92): 35. Retrieved 2025-08-18 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch. [Dans un premier temps, Georges Dumitresco se voit proposer un poste à l'hôpital de Malévoz.On le retrouve ensuite à Yverdon puis, dès 1973, à Vallorbe.]CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  13. ↑ Thévoz, Jacqueline (1983-01-21). "Qu'en pense-t-elle Les Dumitresco". La Suisse (in French).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) La Suisse [fr]
  14. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1970-05-10). "Ne jouez pas avec votre santé". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias (106): 5. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  15. ↑ "VOUS ÊTES DYSPNÉIQUE" [You are short of breath]. Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). Sion. 3 (140): 5. 1970-06-20. Retrieved 2025-09-11 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  16. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1993-04-09). "Méditation pascale". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 26 (82): 16. Retrieved 2025-09-05.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  17. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1987-04-17). "Pourquoi la croix". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 20 (89): 1. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  18. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1986-01-06). "Les rois sont là". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 19 (3): 1. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  19. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1995-04-14). "Ils tombèrent par terre". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 28 (88): 3. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  20. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1988-12-26). "Un Noël pas comme les autres". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 21 (298): 18. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  21. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1971-12-30). "Kaleidoscope Valaisan". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 4 (304): 3. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  22. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1985-01-05). "Epiphanie: quelle étoile?". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 18 (3): 21. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  23. ↑ Dumitresco, Georges (1986-03-28). "VENDREDI-SAINT". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). ESH Médias. 19 (72): 1. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  24. ↑ Ionescu, Radu (1997-12-31). "Georges Dumitresco, pictorul" [Georges Dumitresco, the painter]. Cotidianul (in Romanian). 7 (301): 9. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Arcanum. ... temele sale predilecte sunt cele de inspiraţie românească. Datorită lor o fărâmă de simţire românească s-a impus, în repetate rânduri, în expoziţii sau publicaţii, conferindu-i lui Georges Dumitresco statutul de emisar permanent ale locurilor sale natale. Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Jura Artistique". nordvaudois.com (in French). La Région Nord vaudois SA. Retrieved 2025-09-02.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  26. ↑ "40e Edition de Jura Artistique en 2018". Journal de Vallorbe et environs (in French). 22 (115): 1. 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2025-09-11.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  27. ↑ "Lausanne: le docteur Georges Dumitresco à la Galerie de l'Athénée". Nouvelliste (in French). Sion: ESH Médias (130): 3. 1984-06-05. Retrieved 2025-09-03 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  28. ↑ "Vallorbe: le Jura artistique à la salle de la paroisse". Nouvelliste (in French). Sion: ESH Médias. 15 (237): 2. 1982-10-12. Retrieved 2025-09-03 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  29. ↑ "Dumitresco: retour aux sources". Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). Sion: ESH Médias (176): 36. 1992-07-31. Retrieved 2025-09-03 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch. [Du 18 août au 6 septembre prochain, Georges Dumitresco exposera quelque huitante toiles parmi les plus significatives de son œuvre au Théâtre national de Bucarest.]CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Chira, Eugenia (1992-08-31). "Georges Dumitresco and his universe". The Times of Bucharest (International Edition of Fast Business ed.). Bucharest. 2 (12): 1, 15.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Avril, Jean-Louis (1999-02-01). "Georges Dumitresco - Les fins cachées de toute chose". Univers des Arts (in French). p. 50.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  32. ↑ "Tribute to Georges Dumitresco" , on www.hommages.ch (Retrieved 12 August 2025)
  33. ↑ "Galerie Mounir: Exposition Georges Dumitresco". Journal de Sierre et du Valais Central (in French). Sierre: Siere J.A. (18): 4. 1980-03-04. Retrieved 2025-09-03. [...pour l’artiste aucune technique ne soit inconnue: du dessin l’encre de chine aux encres de couleur, des huiles la linographie de la céramique la métalloplastie, la tapisserie, etc.] Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  34. ↑ "Memoria, 2007 (Anul 18, nr. 1-4) | Arcanum Newspapers" (PDF). MEMORIA - Revista gândirii arestate (in Romanian). 2007. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Arcanum. This issue contains 23 reproductions of his work on pages:1,2,5,16,23,66,74,85,90,106,125,136,153,166,175,195-197,203,227,237,244,253CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  35. ↑ "în suflet am zidit dumnezeirea" [I have built a sense of divinity within my soul.]. MEMORIA - Revista gândirii arestate (in Romanian). 2002. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Arcanum.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  36. ↑ "Luceafărul, ianuarie-iunie 2001 (Nr. 1-25) | Arcanum Newspapers". Luceafărul (in Romanian). 2001-06-20. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Arcanum.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  37. ↑ "Literatorul" [Literatorul] (PDF). Literatorul (in Romanian). Biblioteca Metropolitană București. July 1994. pp. 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 25, 26. ISSN 1220-5583. Retrieved 2025-09-06.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  38. ↑ "România Liberă, august 2003 (Nr. 4064-4076) | Arcanum Newspapers". România liberă (in Romanian). 2003-08-12. Retrieved 2025-09-06 – via Arcanum.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  39. ↑ Manfrino, Ariane (1998-04-15). "Le grand retour - Après l'exil, Georges Dumitresco est invité à Bucarest pour le lancement de son anthologie poétique". Nouvelliste (in French). Sion: ESH Médias: 37. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  40. ↑ Vasile, Geo (1997-07-16). "GEORGES DUMITRESCO UN AMBASADOR AL ARTELOR". Luceafărul (in Romanian). Romania. 27 (326): 23. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Arcanum newspapers.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  41. ↑ Vasile, Geo (1998-04-22). "Georges Dumitresco, o vocație trinitară" [Georges Dumitresco, a Trinitarian vocation]. Luceafărul (in Romanian). Romania. 15 (358): 19. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Arcanum newspapers.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  42. ↑ Métral, Maurice (November 1999). "Une Alchemie du beau Georges Dumitresco". ph+arts. No. 11. p. 15.
  43. ↑ DUMITRAŞCU, ADRIAN (2000-02-11). "Cărţi poştale in pregătire" [Postcards in preparation]. Curierul Naţional (in Romanian). 11 (2716): 9. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Arcanum.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  44. ↑ DUMITRAŞCU, Adrian (2001-03-23). "Noi cărţi poştale in pregătire" [Postcards in preparation]. Curierul Naţional (in Romanian). 12 (3057): 8. Retrieved 2025-09-05 – via Arcanum.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)


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