Florica Cordescu 1913-1965

Graduated Fine Arts Academy Bucharest in 1937, where she studied with J. Al. Steriadi. She was also following Paris Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Scandinavian Academy. Debuted in 1922 at the Offcial Saloon.

Solo shows in Bucharest: 1937, 1948, 1958, 1961; in 1959 in Budapest; in 1960 in Moscow, Zagorsk, Leningrad.
Emerit Artist, 1964, Awarded with Ion Andreescu Prize of R.S.R. Academy in 1960.

Florica Cordescu illustrated „Poezii” by Bacovia, 1946; „Oratoriul Eliberării”, „Surâsul Hiroshimei”, „Cîntece împotriva morții” by Eugen Jebeleanu; „Povestea Stegarului Christoph Rilke” by Rainer Maria Rilke, 1946; „Poezii” by Pablo Neruda etc.