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            an inventory of the over 500               n 1971, 1975 and 1976                Italy. Later, other elements
            historical landmarks in Brasov,  I she had solo exhibitions                     have been added - paintings
            the region of Sibiu - churches,         in Bucharest, which were                from Ribe and Sonder
            monasteries and castles - and           praised by the press, radio             Jylland, Swedish images from
            led the artistic restoration of         and TV. In 1976 she exhibited           Halland, Skåne and primarily
            several.                                her art in Ribe and Århus               Stockholm.  Finally, she also
                                                    in Denmark, and Malmö in                painted a series of landscapes
               n 1968 she opened with her           Sweden. In March 1977 she               from Morocco.
            I second solo exhibition. It            had exhibitions in Stockholm,
            was awarded by the Romanian             1978 in Östersund and once                   dded to this come the
            architectural society. In 1969          more in Stockholm.                      A flowers  - Ligias’ colorful,
            she moved to Bucharest,                                                         extravagant “flower-portraits”,
            where she still works with                   s could be expected, her           equally charming no matter
            improvement of older city               A earlier exhibitions were              if it’s poppies from a wheat
            centers, urbanizing the villages        built on Romanian themes,               field in Dobrogea, violets on a
            in southern Romania and with            mixed with expressive                   Swedish  meadow  or  freesias  in
            inventory and mapmaking of              impressions from her travels            a fragile, antique vase.
            potential tourist attractions.          in Poland, Yugoslavia and                      Per Olof Ekström | Writer


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