George Bacovia Memorial House, Bucharest

1. House and bust

Nor. Gri. Dark. Quite cold. What more fitting introduction is there to approach George Bacovia?

I knocked on the gate of the memorial house and stepped into the courtyard. It is the house where the poet lived and wrote in Bucharest between 1933 and 1957. A house with a courtyard and many rooms, but all small, built on one level, without a floor.

Before the lady guide appeared to invite us into the house (it didn't take long), we posed for a picture of George Bacovia's bust in the courtyard.

After the poet's death the house was inherited by his wife Agatha, also a writer. She agreed that the house should become a museum and took the necessary steps with the Romanian state.

2. Library and coffee table

In the house we find several paintings, sketches, pictures, sculptures showing George and Agatha. There are both family pictures and works received from various artists. Also in this room there is a library with books bound to prevent damage.

In the first room, where Agatha worked, I liked a small table, simple, simple, meager, folded in the shape of the corner of the wall where Agatha served coffee when she was sitting with a friend or a friend for a story.

Before this room is actually a vestibule where there are some of George Bacovia's original representative works, such as Plumb, or manuscripts of his, as well as works by his wife.

3. George Bacovia, living room, work room

December

Watching you snow in December

To the windows, baby, look -

May say bring jaratec

And I hear the fire crackling.

Most of the paintings depicting Bacovia depict his state very well which we find in his poems dominated by dark colors, epithets that express sadness, pain, suffering.

George Bacovia was a sickly, introverted person, he suffered and had to be treated several times in a sanatorium.

The living room is also small with a table in the middle. I also spotted a huge painting with fruits and a cupboard with a mirror, which all resembled the ones in my mother's house where I grew up.

We also saw the poet's work room, where he had a bed, as well as backgammon and chess games and an old lamp in the corner of the desk. On an unassuming cupboard there is a calendar with the date of the artist's death and a clock with the time of his passing.

A novelty learned during this visit was the fact that George Bacovia also played the violin and wrote music, his beloved instrument being exhibited in another room.

4. Court

From here we were invited to step into the courtyard through a back door. The courtyard is specific to the times in which she lived, with hydrangeas and roses, a vineyard and a shed.

Before leaving, we also shot in this museum 2 "parrot tickets" with verses by George Bacovia.