Serban Savu

Serban Savu is a Romanian painter born in 1978 in Dej, Romania, known for his quietly observational figurative paintings that depict everyday life in post-communist Romania. His work captures mundane moments of leisure, labor, and social gathering with a subdued palette and a cinematic stillness that evokes both melancholy and familiarity. Savu is associated with the Cluj School, a celebrated group of Romanian painters who gained significant international attention in the 2000s and 2010s.