Camil Ressu

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Resting Reapers on a 1966 Romanian stamp
Nude on a 1971 Romanian stamp

Camil Ressu (Romanian pronunciation: [kaˈmil ˈresu]; 28 January 1880 – 1 April 1962) was a Romanian painter and academic, one of the most significant art figures of Romania.

Biography

Early life and career

Born in

School of Fine Arts in Iași, where he studied with painters Gheorghe Popovici and Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare. In 1902, he finished his studies in Iași, being awarded a silver medal, and left Romania for Paris, seeking to further develop his art skills. In Paris, he studied at the Académie Julian
.

In 1908, Ressu returned to Romania and became interested in social matters, contributing satirical drawings to several publications, including Furnica, Facla, and

landscapes
and paintings with bucolic themes) were featured in the Artistic Youth exhibition. Ressu opened his first personal exhibition in 1914, in Bucharest.

Renown

In 1917, along with the painters Nicolae Dărăscu, Ștefan Dimitrescu, Iosif Iser, Marius Bunescu and the sculptors Dimitrie Paciurea, Cornel Medrea, Ion Jalea, and Oscar Han, he founded the Art of Romania association in Iași. During these years, he further developed his style as a landscape painter, and frequently visited the countryside in summer to paint portraits of peasants working in the fields and views of villages. He also painted still life, portraits of various personalities, and nudes.

In 1921, he became the president of the Artists' Union of Romania. In 1925, after a prolonged stay in the village of Ilovăț, Mehedinți County, Ressu finished one of his best-known paintings, Ploughmen Resting, currently housed in the Iași Museum of Art.

Aside from his artistic pursuits, Camil Ressu was a professor at the

Romania's Communist regime awarded him the title of "People's Artist", and he later became a member of the Romanian Academy. He died in Bucharest in 1962, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery
.

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