Born on July 25, 1926 in Galatzi, Romania
The father, Vasile (1890-1950), a very gifted painter, never abandoned his easel,
but was compelled to work as an engraver and lithographer at the State Printing
Office in Bucharest. He contributed to the graphics of the Encyclopedia of
Romania (8 volumes) edited by the Royal Foundations, and was praised by Nicolae
Iorga. The family still possess some of his paintings, but most are scattered or
lost. On the paternal side,the grandfather, Petrache, was Romanian, from a family
of north Moldavia, and the grandmother, Sofia (spelt Sophie - nee Hittel - in
official papers, was of German origin; her family, together with other families
from the region of Bremen, had settled as colonists Dobrogea in the 18th century).
The mother, Raritsa (an old Moldavian name, the feminine for Raresh - (1900-1951),
a homemaker, knew well Moldavian folk music. On both the paternal and maternal
side she comes from Romanian families of Orthodox
priests the region of Tecuci (Hancesti).
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