Activity Statement
My name is Pătraşcu D. Manolache, 1st category church painter, qualified "very well", born on 18 march 1949 in com. Vulturu - Vrancea, I graduated high school in com. Vulturu jud. Vrancea, and college in 1967. Military stage 1968-1969. On 1970 I started a collaboration with the painter Iosif Keber. In 1973 I entered the monumental painting site of patriarchy under the counselling of Iosif Keber painter. Together with Keber I worked at Sf. Elefterie Nou Bucuresti church, Valea Lunga church from Militari, Radauti catherdral, Urleta jud. Prahova chrch, Boroaia jud. Suceava church. I painted together with Iosif Keber the Jerusalem Romanian church and the illustrated version of . The Gospel from the Saint Table of the Romanian Patriarchy. Together we painted 15 iconostasis from different churches..
In 1975-1976 I made the painting stage near the Grigore Popescu painter. In 1976-1977 I was authorized as a painter by the Romanian Patriarchy.
In 1977-1979 I painted the Budesti-Cotesti jud. Vrancea church – 600 m^2.
In 1979-1980 I painted in collaboration with Iosif Keber the Ghidigeni jud. Galati church.
In 1981-1983 Bogza jud. Vrancea – church in fresco approx. 1000 m^2.
In 1984-1986 st. Gheorghe-nordic Focsani church, fresco approx. 800 m^2.
In 1986-winter, I restored and finished the painting of com. Vulturu jud. Vrancea church.
In 1987-1988 Valea Larga jud. Mures church– fresco approx 2000 m^2.
In 1988-1989 st. Ilie Toplita Monastery church– fresco approx. 600 m^2.
In 1989-1990-1991 the churches from: Craiesti jud. Mures, Ramniceni jud. Vrancea.
In 1992-1996 in the winter and summer I painted the churches from Rastoaca jud. Vrancea, Hangulesti jud. Vrancea, and Cucova jud. Bacau Monastery church.
In 1997-1998 I woken in Greece - Tesalonic and Athena, in collaboratio with Greek painters I painted the st. Mc. Melania and st. Ier. Nicolae Of Atena churches.
In 1998 the iconostasis of 4 Serbian churches and the Serbian church from Sanicolau Mare jud. Timis.
In 1999-2003 Timisoara-Cetate church, approx. 2200 m^2, fresco, restoration of Jimbolia church, completed with new painting of 2000 m^2.
In 2003-2004 I painted the iconostasis from Martirilor church from Timisoara and Memorialul Revolutiei from Timisoara.
In 2005-2009 I painted Mihai Viteazul church from Sibiu. 4300 m^2 fresco, Floresti Monastery church, 1200 m^2 and I restored the Main Cathedral from Sibiu together with a restoration team. In the same time I painted the canonization icons for st. Ier. Pahomie de la Gledin and st. Martiri Nasaudeni.
In 2010 I painted the tower of Pucioasa jud. Dambovita church and I painted over 50 icons for different churches..
From 1987 to 2010 I realised a number of 12 iconostasis:
Iconostasis of Ocna-Mureş jud. Alba church - 60 icoans
- Iconostasis of Crăieşti jud. Mureş church
- Iconostasis of Râmniceni jud. Vrancea church
- Iconostasis of Vulturu jud. Vrancea church
- Iconostasis of Măicăneşti jud. Vrancea church
- Iconostasis of Răstoaca jud. Vrancea church
- Iconostasis of Sf. Ap. Andrei, Galaţi church
- Iconostasis of din Sân Andrei jud. Mureş church
- Two iconostasis for Martirilor church from Timisoara
- Iconostasis of Timisoara - Cetate church
„Murano" tyoe mosaic the following churches:
- Maluri jud. Vrancea approx. 10 m^2
- Cucova jud. Bacău approx. 15 m^2
- Călieni jud. Vrancea approx 3 m^2
- Ocna-Mureş jud. Alba approx. 6 m^2
- Piata Dacia, Timisoara
I am authorised as facade restored and I own equipment for this.
