RO-ART-1886-NT

Nicolae Tonitza

1886 – 1940 Bârlad, Vaslui

Master of children's portraits with wide, melancholic eyes.

Tonitza studied in Iași and Munich and worked as a fierce press illustrator before becoming one of the most loved Romanian painters. His portraits of children, Lipovan girls and the light of Balchik and Mangalia are rendered with luminous colour and a distinctive linear grace. Co-founder of the 'Group of Four' (1925).

Notable works

№ 01 · 1924
The Forester's Daughter
Oil on canvas
National Museum of Art of Romania
№ 02
Katiușa the Lipovan
No freely-licensed image
№ 02 · 1926
Katiușa the Lipovan
Oil on canvas
№ 03
Little Gypsy Girl
No freely-licensed image
№ 03
Little Gypsy Girl
Oil on canvas

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