Background
Constantin Artachino was born on November 7, 1870 in Giurgiu, Romania, the son of Domenico Artachino. In 1877, at the outbreak of the Independence War, the entire family fled to Bucharest.
Constantin Artachino was born on November 7, 1870 in Giurgiu, Romania, the son of Domenico Artachino. In 1877, at the outbreak of the Independence War, the entire family fled to Bucharest.
After graduating from four primary classes, his parents enrolled him at the School of Commerce, where the professors discovered his ability to draw. With the financial support from his uncle he entered the School of Fine Arts under the guidance of painters Theodor Aman and George Demetrescu Mirea. After receiving a scholarship for four years to study abroad, he went to Paris where he enrolled at the Academy Julien and studied with L. Doucet, Corot, W. Bouguereau and Brantôt.
Staying without a scholarship, he had to return to Romania, where he successfully exhibited and managed to sell many of his works. With the money he earned he was able to go on a trip to Constantinople. The 1896 Independent Artists Exhibition exposed young artists, including Constantin Artachino, who had been refused at the Official Salon, open at the same time. Together with other painters of the time, including Nicolae Vermont and Luchian, Artachino organized in July 1897 a company called Society for the arts in Romania - "Ileana." He was also a founding member of Artistic Youth established on December 3, 1901 by a group of artists, including Luchian, Nicolae Vermont, Arthur Verona, Frederic Storck, Stephen Smith, and George Petraşcu.
After an examination he held the post of professor of nature and antique, at the School of Fine Arts in Iasi. After 1920, he was transferred to the School of Belle Arte in Bucharest, where he taught until 1935 when he was retired. Still he continued to paint and expose. In 1951, in order to be accepted at the annual exhibition at the Dalles Hall, Artachino had to paint a picture depicting a worker reading the newspaper", which was titled "Scânteia." On February 9, 1954 he died suddenly at the age of 83.
Lilies
Scene from Dobruja
Almond Bargainer
Winter End
Provence Vineyards
House at the Countryside
Still Life
The Old Man
Margarets
Edelweiss in Brown Vase
Tatar Cottage
Landscape with Mosque
Landscape with Houses at Balcic
Turk
Christ (Study)
Little Shepherd
Roses
White Headscarf
Pipkin with Mallows
Lipoveanul
Eros
Scânteia (The Spark)
Oriental Bourg
Pipkin with Mallows
Pipkin with Alewifes
The Mosque in Ada Kaleh
Tatar Inn
Turk Women on the Shore of Danube
Turk Bargainer
Boats on the Shore of Danube
Acareturi
Landscape with Ruins
On the Terrace
Yellow Roses
Biblis Transformed Into a Brook
Dobrujan Woman
Waiting
Cityscape
Turk
Wild Roses
Towards the Springs
Small Bouquet of Roses
Pink Rose
Fishing
Poor Childhood
Dobrujan Landscape
Street in Turtucaia
Corner of Bucharest During Winter
House on Capri Island
Girl With Flowers
Plums
On the Meadow
Balcic Gulf
Peasant Bakestone
Cliffs
He approached all the styles of the late nineteenth century, recording influences from academism, impressionism, post-impressionism or symbolism, which he applied during his studies or later in the years of his artistic maturity.