National catalogue · 1830 → today
The archive of Romanian artists.
Painters, sculptors, avant-garde rebels, photographers and today's global names — from Grigorescu's ox carts to Brâncuși's Endless Column and Ghenie's smeared histories.
110
Artists documented
173
Notable works
10
Movements & eras
57
Museums & collections
01 — Chronology
Two centuries, 10 chapters
- 01 · 1830 – 190019th-Century FoundersFondatorii picturii românești9 artists →
- 02 · 1895 – 1945Modern MastersMaeștrii moderni26 artists →
- 03 · 1896 – 1960Baia Mare SchoolȘcoala de la Baia Mare4 artists →
- 04 · 1900 – 1970Modern SculptureSculptura modernă12 artists →
- 05 · 1910 – 1950Avant-Garde & SurrealismAvangarda românească8 artists →
- 06 · 1920 – 2000Romanian-born AbroadDiaspora artistică8 artists →
- 07 · 1945 – 1989Postwar PaintingPictura postbelică9 artists →
- 08 · 1965 – 1990Conceptual & Neo-Avant-GardeArta conceptuală și neo-avangarda8 artists →
- 09 · 1990 – todayContemporary & Cluj SchoolArta contemporană și Școala de la Cluj18 artists →
- 10 · 1850 – 1950Photography & ArchitectureFotografie și arhitectură8 artists →
02 — Portraits
Faces of the collection
A chronological walk through the archive, from the founders of the national school onward.
Constantin Lecca
Pioneer of Romanian history painting and church murals.
Brașov
Carol Popp de Szathmari
Painter and court photographer — one of the world's first war photographers.
Cluj
Ion Negulici
Painter of the 1848 revolutionaries.
Câmpulung, Argeș
Barbu Iscovescu
Revolutionary painter who portrayed Avram Iancu.
Bucharest
Gheorghe Tattarescu
Neoclassical portraitist and church painter, co-founder of the Bucharest School of Fine Arts.
Focșani, Vrancea
Karl Storck
Founder of modern sculpture teaching in Romania.
Hanau (Germany)
Mișu Popp
Prolific portraitist of 19th-century Wallachian and Transylvanian society.
Brașov
Theodor Aman
History painter and founder of Romanian art education.
Câmpulung, Argeș