Fame Corneliu Baba
cover of pavel susara s book corneliu baba: detail tudor arghezi wife, 1961. in 1958 baba appointed professor of painting @ nicolae grigorescu institute of fine arts in bucharest, niculiţă secrieriu , Ștefan câlția among pupils. same year received title of emeritus master of art. time, earlier problems communist authorities appear have been smoothed over. in next decade, both , paintings travel world, participating in exhibitions in places diverse cairo, helsinki, vienna, , new delhi, culminating in 1964 solo exhibition in brussels. in 1962, romanian government gave him title of people s artist; in 1963 appointed corresponding member of romanian academy, , in 1964 honored east berlin academy of fine art. honors , exhibitions continued accumulate, ranging 1970 solo exhibition in new york city receipt of red star decoration in 1971. while name became household word in romania and, lesser extent, throughout eastern bloc, never achieved comparable fame in west. in 1988, baba injured accide...