Marcel Olinescu

Marcel Olinescu (; September 17, 1896 – February 15, 1992) was a Romanian engraver.

Born in Dorohoi, his father Teofil was a German-language teacher who came from Hliboka (Adâncata) in Austrian-ruled Bukovina. His mother, Terezia (née Kernbach), came from a family of German doctors. He attended primary school in his native town, followed by gymnasium at Pomârla from 1907 to 1911. Between 1919 and 1921, he attended the Fine Arts Academy in Iași, followed by the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest from 1921 to 1923. There, one of his professors was Dimitrie Paciurea. Following his graduation, he found a position at Brad, in the Țara Moților area of Transylvania, as a teacher of calligraphy and drawing. Spending three years there, Olinescu became fascinated by the local lifestyle, producing ten engravings centered on the local gold-mining industry. He also drew portraits featuring leaders of the Transylvanian Revolution of 1848, after earlier paintings by Barbu Iscovescu. In 1925, together with Dumitru Ghiață, he hosted an exhibition of his Țara Moților work at the Romanian Athenaeum, also publishing an album.

In 1926, Olinescu went to Botoșani to teach at A. T. Laurian High School. The following year, he settled at Arad, where he taught drawing at the boys' commercial high school. From 1933 to 1937, he edited the local Știrea newspaper, while in 1931, he co-founded an artistic society in Arad. Together with other members, who included Gheorghe Ciuhandu, he edited the literary and cultural magazine Hotarul, in 24 pages, which first appeared in 1933. Starting in October 1934, he also edited Duh, a magazine focused on art, literary criticism and philosophy. Olinescu took part in drawing exhibitions with the Grupul Grafic society in 1940, 1943 and 1946.