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Gheorghe Petrascu BIOGRAPHY
1872 Tecumseh, Galati - 1949 Bucharest. Known for: Painting.
Since his artistic debut in 1900 until the last moments of creating art in 1942, George Petrascu spent his life in front of his paintings, which are skillfully composed with colors or soft enamel,... Read full biography
Since his artistic debut in 1900 until the last moments of creating art in 1942, George Petrascu spent his life in front of his paintings, which are skillfully composed with colors or soft enamel, seducing the viewer. Inspired by external reality, Petrascu raises seemingly unimportant objects to... Read full biography
Since his artistic debut in 1900 until the last moments of creating art in 1942, George Petrascu spent his life in front of his paintings, which are skillfully composed with colors or soft enamel, seducing the viewer. Inspired by external reality, Petrascu raises seemingly unimportant objects to the rank of masterpiece. His artistic instinct helps develop true pictorial performances, transforming everyday banality into dreaming sources, into celestial magic color. Like Cézanne, Van Gogh,... Read full biography
Since his artistic debut in 1900 until the last moments of creating art in 1942, George Petrascu spent his life in front of his paintings, which are skillfully composed with colors or soft enamel, seducing the viewer. Inspired by external reality, Petrascu raises seemingly unimportant objects to the rank of masterpiece. His artistic instinct helps develop true pictorial performances, transforming everyday banality into dreaming sources, into celestial magic color. Like Cézanne, Van Gogh, Andreescu, Luchian, Tonitza, Gheorghe Petrascu has the ability to transform a simple enameled pot, ordinary objects on the table in his own shop, interiors with intimate corners, and walls weathered for years. In Still life with pears and book, the artist... Read full biography
Since his artistic debut in 1900 until the last moments of creating art in 1942, George Petrascu spent his life in front of his paintings, which are skillfully composed with colors or soft enamel, seducing the viewer. Inspired by external reality, Petrascu raises seemingly unimportant objects to the rank of masterpiece. His artistic instinct helps develop true pictorial performances, transforming everyday banality into dreaming sources, into celestial magic color. Like Cézanne, Van Gogh, Andreescu, Luchian, Tonitza, Gheorghe Petrascu has the ability to transform a simple enameled pot, ordinary objects on the table in his own shop, interiors with intimate corners, and walls weathered for years. In Still life with pears and book, the artist brings elements together on a white towel crossed by intersecting stripes. Some of the objects have... Read full biography
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Since his artistic debut in 1900 until the last moments of creating art in 1942, George Petrascu spent his life in front of his paintings, which are skillfully composed with colors or soft enamel, seducing the viewer. Inspired by external reality, Petrascu raises seemingly unimportant objects to the rank of masterpiece. His artistic instinct helps develop true pictorial performances, transforming everyday banality into dreaming sources, into celestial magic color.
Like Cézanne, Van Gogh, Andreescu, Luchian, Tonitza, Gheorghe Petrascu has the ability to transform a simple enameled pot, ordinary objects on the table in his own shop, interiors with intimate corners, and walls weathered for years. In Still li...But wait, there's more...
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