The Hamangia Foundation is named after “The Thinker of Hamangia”, a small sculpture, belonging to the ceramic culture of the Neolithic (5000-4600 BC) discovered on the bank of the Danube river in Romania.

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The Thinker of Hamangia's anonymous artist has created a work of art totally different from the utilitarian objects and the religious figures of the Neolithic. For the first time, with The Thinker of Hamangia, the aesthetics takes prevalence.

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The Hamangia Foundation was established in 2016 to stimulate and encourage the creation of ceramic sculpture bearing on the greatness and uniqueness of this old minuscule work.

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