RO-ART-1906-CB
Corneliu Baba
Great portraitist and painter of the tragic 'Mad Kings'.
Baba made his name with sober portraits and scenes of peasant life, then, from the 1970s, with the haunting 'Mad Kings' and 'Harlequins' series — veiled reflections on power and fear under dictatorship. His brushwork is dense and nervous, his palette dark and earthy.
Works
Notable works
№ 01
Rest in the Field
No freely-licensed image
№ 01 · 1954Rest in the Field
Oil on canvas
National Museum of Art of Romania
№ 02
The Mad King
No freely-licensed image
№ 02 · 1980sThe Mad King
Oil on canvas
№ 03
Portrait of Mihail Sadoveanu
No freely-licensed image
№ 03Portrait of Mihail Sadoveanu
Oil on canvas
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