Original photograph, W. Wiess 1940 - The Jury of the Official Salon - Steriadi, Verona, Ressu, Medrea, Jalea, Bunescu, Darascu
Galeriile Karo ShopMembers of the jury of the Official Salon, Bucharest, 1940. Original photograph by W. Wiess
Original photograph on gelatin silver bromide paper, 9 × 13.5 cm, bearing the embossed stamp of the photographer W. Wiess. The image documents the meeting of the members of the jury of the Official Salon of 1940, one of the most important institutions of artistic recognition in late interwar Romania.
According to the identification published in the Modernism.ro documentary archive, the photograph shows Jean Al. Steriadi, Arthur Verona, Camil Ressu, Cornel Medrea, Ion Jalea, Marius Bunescu, Nicolae Darascu and other members of the jury of the Official Salon. The group is captured in a working space, around a deliberation table, in a context associated with the assessment of the works submitted for the salon.
Condition as shown in the photographs.



