Gheorghe Vrabie

Gheorge Vrabie (born March 21, 1939, Călinești, Fălești, Bălți county, and died on March 31, 2016, Chișinău) was a Moldovan artist, the author of the Coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova and of the Flag of the Chișinău Municipality, of the national currency for which he was named the "Father of the Moldovan Leu". From 1962 to 1967 he studied at the "Ilya Repin" State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture (now Imperial Academy of Arts) from Saint Petersburg . In 1961 was his debut. It has illustrated over the years several volumes of Roman and universal literature. The artist's interest turned to such authors as Mihai Eminescu, Ion Druţă, Grigore Vieru, Dante, Longus, Paul Valery. The books’ graphics by Gheorghe Vrabie are distinguished by line intensity, accuracy and fine execution.

Vrabie designed the coat of arms of Chișinău, the capital of Moldova.

Gheorghe Vrabie made the series of works called "Hipism". Together with his wife, Dorina Cojocaru makes several mosaic works.

He opened personal exhibitions in Moldova and abroad. These include the one placed at the Moldovan Writers' Union, the National Museum of History and Archeology, the National House, the Embassy of Romania in the Republic of Moldova, the National Library, the Fine Arts Union's Constantin Brâncuşi Exhibition Center. He exhibited at the Art Gallery at "The House of Book" in Iași, at the Central House of Writers in Moscow, in the Central Hall of the Fine Artists Union in Odessa.

Gheorghe Vrabie participated at the exhibitions in Bucharest, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Bratislava, Vienna, Washington, Alma-Ata, Plovdiv, as well as in România (Bacău, Botoșani, Moinești). He has been invited to various creative camps, workshops, symposiums in România, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary.