Romanian Modern Art

Contribution to the World Patrimony

Anton Chladek (1794 - 1882)

Alecu Văcărescu, before 1860, oil on canvas, Portrait of a Romanian boyar 90,5 x 71 cm (Nicolae Golescu ?) cca 1840, oil on ivory, 7,5 x 6 cm

National Museum of Art of Romania

C.D. Rosenthal (1820-1851)

• Revolutionary Romania, Cca 1849, oil on canvas, National National Museum of Art of Romania

Theodor Aman (1831-1891)

Vlad the Impaler and the Turk Ambassadors, (1861-64), oil on canvas.

Nicolae Grigorescu (1838-1907)

• Merry Peasant Woman (1894), oil on canvas

Dimitrie Paciurea

Dimitrie Paciurea, The Giant, 1907, Charles

Park [today, Libertatii], Bucharest

 

Icon of the Dormition of Theotokos, by Theophan the Greek, 1392. Thepotokos (the Mother of God) is painted as lying on a bier, which has an inclination to raise the head, the part that bears the sign of holiness, the aura. She is surrounded by the Twelve Apostles and Jesus Christ is caring her soul, represented by the red seraph.

Madona Stolojan (1912)

Chimera of the Air Chimera of the Water

Chimera of the Night (1928) Chimera of the Earth (1927-28)

Brancusi, Constantin - "The Prayer" -

(1907) - patinated bronze 111.5 x 35 x 120 cm Constantin Brancusi,

French, born Romania, 1876-1957

- Image Copyright © National Museum of

Romania

Brancusi’s Kiss (1907) vs. Rodin’s Kiss (1901-4)

The Gate of the Kiss (1938)

                                                                             

Maiastra

Birds in Space

Golden Bird, 1919/20 (wood base c. 1922)

Bird in space c.1931-1936 white marble, limestone 'collar', sandstone base

The Endless Column (1938)

• Cast in iron and steel, 98 ft. height, almost 3 tones, weight

Dada in Zurich 1918-1919

Dada in Paris, 1920

Marcel Iancu (1896-1984)

Mask (portrait of Tristan Tzara), 1919

• Marcel Janco (Israeli, born Romania, 1895-1984)

Paper, board, burlap, ink, and gouache21 5/8 x 9 13/16 x 2 3/4 in. (55 x 25 x 7 cm)Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne-Centrede création industrielle, ParisGift of the artist, 1967

Mask, 1919

• Paper, cardboard, twine, gouache, and pastel

Bazaltin Building 1927

M.H. Maxy (1895-1971)

NUDE WITH IDOLoil on canvas

1.010 x 0.755 m

MADONNAoil and collage on cardboard

0.570 x 0.410 m

Hans Mattis-Teutsch (1884-1960)

THE RHYTHM OF LIFEoil on canvas1.400 x 1.600 m

COMPOSITIONoil on canvas

0.980 x 0.605 m

Victor Brauner (1903-1966)

Adam and Eve, 1923

The Three Black Graces (1929)

Maman, undated