Nicolae Grigorescu
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Nicolae Grigorescu | |
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École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts | |
Known for | Painting, drawing |
Notable work | Țărancă din Muscel, Car cu boi, Atacul de la Smârdan, Fata cu basmaua galbenă |
Movement | Barbizon school, Impressionism |
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e ɡriɡoˈresku]; 15 May 1838 – 21 July 1907) was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.
There is a metro station named after Grigorescu in Bucharest. It was given his name in 1990, before which it was named after Communist army general Leontin Sălăjan. Romanian currency features Grigorescu on the 10 Lei bank note.
Biography
He was born in
Between 1856 and 1857, he painted the church of the
In the autumn of 1861, young Grigorescu left for Paris, where he studied at the
He returned to Romania a few times and starting in 1870 he participated in the exhibits of living artists and those organized by the Society of the Friends of the Belle-Arts. Between 1873 and 1874 he traveled to Italy, Greece and Vienna.
In 1877 he was called to accompany the
In 1889 his work was featured in the
From 1879 to 1890 he worked in France, especially in Vitré, Brittany, and in his workshop in Paris. In 1890 he settled in Câmpina and started depicting pastoral themes, especially portraits of peasant girls, pictures of ox carts on dusty country roads and other landscapes. He was named honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 1899.
At the time of his death, Grigorescu had been working on his Întoarcerea de la bâlci (The Return from the Fair). His house in Câmpina opened as the Nicolae Grigorescu Memorial Museum in 1957.
Selected paintings
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Girls at the Gate
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Fisherwoman at Grandville
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Joyful Peasant Woman
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Oxcart
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Woman on the Beach
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Bugler
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Guardsman
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Andreescu at Barbizon
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Head of a Peasant
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Girl with Her Dowry
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Entering the Bath
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Old Woman Darning
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Peasant from Muscel
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Nude
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Portrait of a Girl
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The Guardian of Chailly
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Interior in Vitré
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Hebrew with Caftan
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Prince Dragos and the Bison
Sources
- Virgil Cioflec: Grigorescu, Editura Cultura Națională, Bucharest, 1925
- Barbu Brezianu: Nicolae Grigorescu, Tineretului, Bucharest, 1959
- George Oprescu and Remus Niculescu: Nicolae Grigorescu, 2 vol. Curier Rapid, Bucharest, 1961–1962
- Mircea Popescu: "N. Grigorescu", series: Arta pentru toți, Editura Meridiane, Bucharest, 1962
- Alexandru Vlahuță: Pictorul Nicolae Grigorescu, Editura Tineretului, Bucharest, 1969
- George Sorin Movileanu and Vasile Florea: Grigorescu, Editura Meridiane, Bucharest, 1978
- Mariana Vida and Monica Enache: Grigorescu – Commemorative album on the 100th anniversary of the artist's death, edited by the National Art Museum of Romaniaon the occasion of the retrospective exhibition "Grigorescu painter of nature" held at the Gallery, 2007
- Alexandru Cebuc: Grigorescu, Editura Monitorul Oficial al României, Bucharest, 2008 ISBN 978-973-567-627-8
- Iulia Iliescu and Marina Motroc: Viața și opera lui Grigorescu, Editura Monitorul Oficial R.A., Bucharest, 2009 ISBN 978-606-539-105-5
External links
- Nicolae Grigorescu's paintings at Agapia Monastery @ Viziteazaneamt
- Paintings by Nicolae Grigorescu @ Zeno
- "If only you knew how beautiful my country is!" by Paul Ioan @ Revista
- "Proud to be Romanian: Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian with all his soul and in all his work" by Victor Pitigoi @ Ziare
- "Values of national culture: Nicolae Grigorescu – 102 years since his death" @ Amos News