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Florin Mitroi1.Nov.1968, 1968Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi11.VI.1988, 1988Tempera on wood33 x 53 cm.
13 x 20 7/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi11.VI.1996, 1996Tempera on galvanized sheet56 x 56 cm.
22 x 22 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi12.VIII.1998, 1998Tempera on wood and galvanized sheet33 x 23 cm.
13 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi12.VIII.1998, 1998Tempera on wood and galvanized sheet30 x 25 cm.
11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi12.X.1976, 1976Ink on paper55 x 67 cm.
21 5/8 x 26 3/8 in. -
Florin Mitroi12.XI.1968, 1968Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi14.III.1996, 1996Tempera on galvanized sheet cutout33 x 55 cm.
13 x 21 5/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi14.X.1985, 1985Ink on paper32 x 23 cm.
12 5/8 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi15.X.1990, 1990Tempera on wood56 x 56 cm.
22 x 22 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi15.XI.1993, 1993Tempera on canvas55 x 41 cm.
21 5/8 x 16 1/8 in. -
Florin Mitroi15.XI.1993, 1993Tempera on canvas53 x 41 cm.
20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. -
Florin Mitroi16.XII.1997, 1997Tempera on canvas50 x 73 cm.
19 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. -
Florin Mitroi17 cutoutsGalvanized sheetVariable sizes
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Florin Mitroi17.I.1995 , 1995Tempera on wood67 x 50 cm.
26 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi18.11.1971, 1971Ink on paper43x56cm
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Florin Mitroi18.VII.1997, 1997Tempera on galvanized sheetSigned and dated
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Florin Mitroi19.I.1998, 1998Tempera on canvas50 x 65 cm.
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. -
Florin Mitroi19.IX.1990, 1990Tempera on canvas66 x 52 cm.
26 x 20 1/2 in. -
Florin Mitroi19.XI.1985, 1985Ink on paper33 x 23 cm.
13 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi1973 , 1973Tempera on wood62 x 74 cm.
24 3/8 x 29 1/8 in. -
Florin Mitroi1978, 1978Tempera on wood56 x 39 cm.
22 x 15 3/8 in. -
Florin Mitroi1980, 1980Tempera on wood67x50cm
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Florin Mitroi1982, 1982Ink on paper21 x 30 cm.
8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi1982, 1982Tempera on wood72 x 53 cm.
28 3/8 x 20 7/8 in. -
Florin Mitroi1983 , 1983Ink on paper32 x 23 cm.
12 5/8 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi1986, 1986Tempera on canvas40 x 50 cm.
15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. -
Florin Mitroi1996, 1996Ink on paper33 x 23 cm.
13 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi20.VII.1973, 1973Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi20.VII.1973, 1973Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi21.6.1972, 1972Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi22.V.1992, 1992Tempera on paper64 x 46 cm.
25 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi22.VI.1996, 1996Tempera on galvanized sheet cutout46 x 65 cm.
18 1/8 x 25 5/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi22.X.1985, 1985Ink on paper33 x 23 cm.
13 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi23.IX.1997, 1997Tempera on canvas65 x 46 cm.
25 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi23.XII.1996, 1996Tempera on galvanized sheet cutout33 x 69 cm.
13 x 27 1/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi24.I.1994, 1994Tempera on canvas60 x 38 cm.
23 5/8 x 15 in. -
Florin Mitroi24.IV.1994, 1994Tempera on wood45 x 28 cm.
17 3/4 x 11 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi24.X. 2001, 2001Tempera on canvas41 x 33 cm.
16 1/8 x 13 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi27.IV.1994, 1994Tempera on canvas38 x 38 cm.
15 x 15 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi28.V.1986, 1986Ink on paper32 x 23 cm.
12 5/8 x 9 in. -
Florin Mitroi29.V.1998, 1998Tempera on canvas46 x 61 cm.
18 1/8 x 24 in. -
Florin Mitroi3.V.1986, 1986Ink on paper32 x 23 cm.
12 5/8 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi3.VII.1992 , 1992Tempera on paper64 x 46 cm.
25 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi3.X.1968, 1968Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi30.X.1968, 1968Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi30.X.1968, 1968Ink on paper43 x 56 cm.
16 7/8 x 22 in. -
Florin Mitroi4.IX.1982, 1982Ink on paper33 x 23 cm.
13 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi4.IX.2001, 2001Tempera on canvas38 x 61 cm.
15 x 24 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi4.V.1994 , 1994Tempera on canvas40 x 41 cm.
15 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi4.XI.1994, 1994Tempera on canvas60 x 38 cm.
23 5/8 x 15 in. -
Florin Mitroi5.I.1986, 1986Ink on paper33 x 23 cm.
13 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi5.IX.1985, 1985Ink on paper33 x 23 cm.
13 x 9 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi5.VI.1991, 1991Tempera on paper64 x 46 cm.
25 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.Signed and dated -
Florin Mitroi8.X.1991, 1991Tempera on canvas42 x 60 cm.
16 1/2 x 23 5/8 in. -
Florin MitroiFlorin Mitroi, 2002Vintage silver print22 x 15 cm.
8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.Dated -
Florin MitroiOnions, 1975Tempera on canvas42 x 66 cm.
16 1/2 x 26 in. -
Florin MitroiPopescu P. Angela (b. 1904), Brădiceni, Gorj, 1985Vintage silver print22 x 17 cm.
8 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.Dated -
Florin MitroiTorso, 1995Ready-madeVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso (11.IV.1995), 1995Ready-madeVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso (1999), 1999Ready-madeVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso (2.IV.1995), 1995Ready-made and golden leafVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso (7.09.1995), 1995Ready-madeVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso 2, 1976Ready-madeVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso 3, 1976Ready-made and gold leafVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso I, 1976Ready-made and gold leafVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiTorso IV, 1978Ready-madeVariable dimensions
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Florin MitroiUntitledTempera on wood54 x 81 cm.
21 1/4 x 31 7/8 in. -
Florin MitroiXI.1991, 1991Tempera on wood66 x 52 cm.
26 x 20 1/2 in.
Florin Mitroi was born in 1938 in Craiova, in the south-western part of Romania. He lived and worked in Bucharest until his death in 2002, at the age of 64. He received his BA in painting from the Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest, in 1961. This university in particular, and teaching in general, were a constant in Mitroi's life. Enrolled as a student in 1955, he received a position as an assistant in 1961 and eventually became a professor in 1992, a role he carried out until his final days. Some of the best-known Romanian artists active today were his students.
Florin Mitroi was a passionate teacher, but a reserved individual. His role in the arts school was well known by the local scene, but few knew his art too-he had only one solo exhibition during his lifetime, in 1993 at Catacomba in Bucharest. Only after his death and the discovery of numerous works in his studio, did his prolific production became apparent.
Mitroi's institutional solo exhibitions include: Studiosaurus Ferox. Florin Mitroi, Works of Art 1974-2002, (2019), Esther Schipper Galerie Berlin, Florin Mitroi, Craiova Art Museum, Craiova (2018), Florin Mitroi: Cuts, Johnen Galerie, Berlin (2014); Florin Mitroi, Johnen Galerie, Berlin (2011), Florin Mitroi, Contemporary Art Gallery of Brukental National Museum, Sibiu (2008) and Florin Mitroi, Catacomba Gallery, Bucharest (1993).
The artist's works have been shown in numerous group exhibitions, among which: Fragment of an Infinite Discourse - Gegenwartskunst aus dem Lenbachhaus, 28.06.2023 - 27.06.2024, Portraits, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, 2021, Espace Niemeyer, Paris and at La Kunsthalle - Centre d'art contemporain, Mulhouse in February 2019, Ex-East. Past and recent stories of the Romanian avant-garde, Art Encounters Foundation Timișoara, 2019, Lolo's Entanglements, Culturhuuis de Warande, Warande (2018-19); Hell's Heaven, MARe - Muzeul de Artă Recentă, Bucharest (2018); Salon der Angst, Kunsthalle, Vienna (2013); Biennial of Painting: The Image of Man, Museum Dhont-Dhaenens (2012); The self-punishing one. Ştefan Bertalan, Florin Mitroi, Ion Grigorescu: Art and Romania, 1980-1990, Mogoşoaia Palace, Bucharest (2009) traveling to The Museum of Art, Timişoara (2009) and The Museum of Art, Cluj (2009), and Transitionland, The National Museum of Art, Bucharest (2000-01).
Florin Mitroi has received several awards and prizes in his career, including: The Jury Prize of the Sofia Triennale (1985), the Italian Government Grant (1983) and the Painting Prize from The Union of Romanian Artists (1978). Works by Florin Mitroi are in the collections of major museums, such as Centre Pompidou Paris and Lenbachhaus Munich.
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Florin Mitroi: Ch. II: Autumn
Curated by Erwin Kessler 25 Sep 2025 - 15 Jan 2026In autumn the days are shorter, time is merciless, you see 'No light / No joy,' and you are bound to 'always admit that your talent is far too small and your pretensions far too great' (Mitroi: 20.VII.1973). Several months ago, files, folders, and bundles of notebooks, drawings, works on...Read more -
Florin Mitroi: Ch. I: Winter
Curated by Erwin Kessler 14 Nov 2024 - 16 Jan 202522 years after his premature disappearance, Florin Mitroi remains a constant revelation. Solitary and enigmatic, a Stakhanovite of deferred suicide, Florin Mitroi is the author of a colossal body of work in terms of size and unfathomable in depth. In his thousands of works, two contrasting vectors converge: the unbearable...Read more