Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpăna

1886 – 1975 Pitești, Argeș

Painter of village life, horses and fairs.

Schweitzer-Cumpăna studied in Karlsruhe and painted rural Romania — fairs, carts, horses and peasants at work — with a solid, warm realism.

Notable works

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