- For the politician, see Gheorghe Tătărescu. For the artist see Gheorghe Tattarescu. Gheorghe I Tătărescu (also known as Guţă Tătărescu, with a slightly antiquated pet form
| Gheorghe Tattarescu | |
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| Born | October, 1818 Focşani |
| Died | October 24, 1894 Bucharest |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Field | painting, mural |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
Gheorghe Tattarescu (October 1818 - October 24, 1894) was a Moldavian-born Romanian painter and a pioneer of neoclassicism in his country's modern painting. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Focşani (/fok'ʃanʲ/ Fokschan Foksány is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the shores the Milcov river. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Moldavia (Moldova is a geographic and historical region and former Principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and
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Biography
Early life and studies
Tattarescu was born in Focşani in 1818. Focşani (/fok'ʃanʲ/ Fokschan Foksány is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the shores the Milcov river. He started out as an apprentice to his uncle Nicolae Teodorescu, a church painter. Nicolae Teodorescu (1797-1880 was a Moldavian born Romanian church painter ( Muralist, and the uncle of artist Gheorghe Tattarescu. He went on to study at the Painting School from Buzău, when Teodorescu moved there. The city of Buzău (bu'zəw is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. 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. The Romanian Orthodox Church ( Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is a Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The Accademia di San Luca, (the "Academy of Saint Luke" was an association of artists in Rome founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the While there, Tattarescu made copies paintings by Raphael, Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Salvatore Rosa, and Guido Reni. Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28 1483 – April 6 1520 was an Italian painter and This article is about the painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo There is also an article on the Canadian village Murillo Ontario, which was named after the artist due to Salvator Rosa ( 1615 - March 15, 1673) was an Italian Baroque painter poet and Printmaker, active in Naples Rome Guido Reni ( 4 November 1575 &ndash 18 August 1642) was a prominent Italian painter of high- Baroque style
Political activities
Tattarascu was a participant in the 1848 Revolution in Wallachia. The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a Romanian liberal and Romantic nationalist uprising in the principality of Wallachia. This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania 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). General Gheorghe Magheru (1802 Bârzeiul de Gilort, Gorj County &mdash March 23, 1880) was a Romanian revolutionary and soldier Ştefan Golescu (1809&mdash1874 was a Wallachian Romanian politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania between 26 November Nicolae Bălcescu ( June 29, 1819 &mdash November 29, 1852) was a Romanian Wallachian soldier historian journalist Romantic nationalist ideals were the inspiration for his allegorical compositions with revolutionary (Romania's rebirth, 1849) and patriotic (The Principalities' Unification, 1857) themes. Romantic nationalism (also National Romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of Nationalism in which the state derives Danubian Principalities (Principatele Dunărene was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the
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. Nicolae Bălcescu ( June 29, 1819 &mdash November 29, 1852) was a Romanian Wallachian soldier historian journalist Romanticism is a complex artistic literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the At the same time, showing his sympathy with various peasant uprisings, he painted The peasant at the Danube in 1875. The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj 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). Theodor Aman ( 20 March 1831, Câmpulung-Muscel &ndash 19 August 1891, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter of Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania.
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 |
External links
- (English) Biography at artnet.com
- (French) Biography at maroumanie.com
- (Romanian) Biography at ici.ro
- (Romanian) Biography at compendium.ro
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