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Ion Jalea
1887 – 1983 Casimcea, Tulcea
Monumental sculptor who kept carving after losing an arm in WWI.
Jalea studied in Bucharest and Paris (with Bourdelle). Wounded in the First World War, he lost his left arm but continued to sculpt, producing some of Romania's best-known public monuments, including the statue of Decebal in Deva.
Works
Notable works
№ 01
Decebal
No freely-licensed image
№ 01 · 1937Decebal
Bronze
Deva
№ 02
Hercules and the Centaur
No freely-licensed image
№ 02Hercules and the Centaur
Bronze
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