Marcela Cordescu

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Marcela  Cordescu  is a Romanian graphic artist (born 10 May 1913, Constanta - died 1984). She was married to Vladimir Colin, one of the most important fantasy and science fiction authors in Romanian literature. She has illustrated some of his  books in Basmele omului, Legendele tării lui Vam and Povesti de buzunar.

Her twin sister was  the illustrator and painter Florica Cordescu  The twins were remarkable for both their outstanding talent and the chemistry they  exercised on their fellow artists.

Starting with 1929 she had participated in national and international  exhibitions: 1959 - Riga, 1960 - Athens, 1961 - Wien, Alexandria, Cairo, Damasc, Prague, 1963 - Rome, 1968 - Frankfurt, 1970 - Warsaw, 1971 - Berlin. 

She did drawing and engraving works in different techniques and especially in book illustration, manifesting in all circumstances  a special vocation for the  grotesque fable in which the absurd of realist type  associates in harmony with the social and psychological moralizing intentions of expressionist coloring.

Works illustrated:

• 1948 - Tîlbîc, Tureatcă & Co. by Sașa Pană, Socec & Co
• 1954 - Floarea de piatra si alte povestiri din Ural by Pavel Petrovič Bažon, Cartea rusǎ
• 1955 - Basme by Vladimir Colin, Editura Tineretului
• 1956 - Poveştile celor trei mincinoşi by Vladimir Colin, Ed. Tineretului
• 1957 - Rapsodii de toamna by G Toparceanu, Editura Tineretului
• 1958 - Basmele omului by Vladimir Colin, Ed Tineretului
• 1960 - Poveşti by Ion Slavici; Ed. Tineretului
• 1960 - Povestiri eroice by Eusebiu Camilar, Editura Tineretului
• 1960 - Prichindel by Victor Eftimiu, Editura Tineretului
• 1961 - Legendele tarii Lui Vam: o mitologie a Omului by Vladimir Colin, Ed. Tineretului
• 1963 – Prisaca by Tudor Arghezi, Editura Tineretului
• 1963 - Făt-Frumos din lacrimă by Mihai Eminescu, Editura Tineretului
• 1963 - Din marile legende ale lumii by Alexandru Mitru, Ed. Tineretului
• 1967 - Muc cel mic by Wilhelm Hauff, Bukarest Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó
• 1967 - Der Prinz aus der Fräne by Mihai Eminescu
• 1970 - Ber-Căciulă by I C Vissarion; Victor Crăciun; Vasile Mănuceanu; Editura "Ion Creangă
• 1971 - Poveşti de buzunar byVladimir Colin, Editura Ion Creangă
• 1975 - Basme by Victor Eftimiu, Ion Creangă
• 1975 - Poveste cu "ocei" by Stefana Velisar Teodoreanu, Editura Ion Creangă
• 1978 - Heidi, fetiţa munţilor by Johanna Spyri, Editura Ion Creangă
• 1979 - Din povestile Asiei - Ed Ion Creangă
• 1979 - Fairy tales by Victor Eftimiu, Ion Creangă Pub. House,
• 1980 - Trei legende române by Tiberiu Utan, Editura Ion Creangă