Gheorghe Tattarescu

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Gheorghe Tattarescu
Self-portrait
Born	October, 1818 (2014-10-10UTC18:18) Focşani
Died	October 24, 1894 (1894-10-25) Bucharest
Nationality	Romanian
Field	Painting, mural
Movement	Neoclassicism

Gheorghe Tattarescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe tataˈresku]; October 1818 - October 24, 1894) was a Moldavian-born Romanian painter and a pioneer of neoclassicism in his country's modern painting.

Biography

Early life and studies

Tattarescu was born in Focşani in 1818. He started out as an apprentice to his uncle Nicolae Teodorescu, a church painter. He went on to study at the Painting School from Buzău, when Teodorescu moved there. The Orthodox Bishop of Buzău, Chesarie, helped him obtain a scholarship in Rome, where he was taught by professors from the Accademia di San Luca. While there, Tattarescu made copies paintings by Raphael, Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Salvatore Rosa, and Guido Reni.

Political activities

Portrait of Nicolae Bălcescu (1851)

February 11th, 1866 - The Modern Romania

Tattarascu was a participant in the 1848 Revolution in Wallachia. After the revolution, he painted portraits of Romanian revolutionaries in exile such as Gheorghe Magheru, Ştefan Golescu, and, in 1851, that of Nicolae Bălcescu (in three almost identical versions). Romantic nationalist ideals were the inspiration for his allegorical compositions with revolutionary (Romania's rebirth, 1849) and patriotic (The Principalities' Unification, 1857 and February 11 - The Modern Romania, 1866^[1]) themes.

Later life and legacy

In 1860, being commissioned to draw up a National Album of sights and historical monuments of the country, his talent of painting vaguely Romantic landscapes became highly valued. At the same time, showing his sympathy with various peasant uprisings, he painted The peasant at the Danube in 1875. He was also commissioned to decorate several churches in a neoclassical manner.

In 1864, together with painter Theodor Aman, Tattarescu founded the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest; he was a professor there for a long time after, and served as the School's headmaster for two years (1891–1892).

In 1865, he wrote Useful Principles and Studies on Proportions of the Human Body and Drawing after the Most Famous Painters.

Tattarescu died in Bucharest. The house he bought in 1855 and lived in for almost 40 years is now home to the Gheorghe Tattarescu Memorial Museum. It was opened 1951, and hosts several of his original works of art.

Gallery

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Michael the Brave and his troops
Old monk
Painter's wife and his son
Pilgrim
Portrait of Ion Grădişteanu
Portrait of Maria Grădişteanu
Landscape from Italy
Dâmbovicioara cave

Notes

↑ Voinescu, p. 46-47

References

Voinescu, Teodora, Gheorghe Tattarescu 1818-1894, Ed. Academiei Romane, 1940.

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Persondata
Name	Tattarescu, Gheorghe
Alternative names
Short description	Romanian artist
Date of birth	October 1, 1818
Place of birth	Focşani
Date of death	October 24, 1894
Place of death	Bucharest

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