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