Background
Lucian Grigorescu was born on February 1, 1894 in Medgidia, Romania.
He studied at the National University of Arts in Bucharest.
Lucian Grigorescu was born on February 1, 1894 in Medgidia, Romania.
He studied at the National University of Arts in Bucharest. After the war he continued his art education in Rome (1921-1923) and Paris (1924).
In a well balanced equilibrium between tradition and modernity, Lucian Grigorescu proves a follower of Nicolae Grigorescu’s art, due to his personal perception of the landscape mood and the manner in which he approaches nature. A superficial study could place his work within the borders of Impressionism, either as content or as technique. A deeper analysis discovers features that belong to abstract expressionism. There is that unpredictable freedom of the brush that makes a stylistic labelling difficult, and so the permissive term of post-impressionism has been chosen to characterize his work. The impressionist manner in capturing the atmospheric vibrations and the way it defines forms was characteristic for the periods spent in Balcic.
From 1925 to 1930–32 the artist discovers the fascination of the sunny landscape of southern France (at Cassis sur Mere), where Matisse, Derain, Picasso, Othon Friesz and many others used to paint some years before. This stage called by his critics ‘constructivist’ or ‘cézanniane” is defined by rational plastic principles, by solid forms and compositions, firm volumes and chromatic clarity.
Lucian Grigorescu’s style becomes clearer and more mature after 1930. The artist revaluates a ‘pictorial lyricism’, the joy for colour and the urge for an ideal synthesis of colour, light and form.
The artist died in 1965.
Balchik Landscape
View Towards Sf. Spiridon Church
Red Church Landscape
Flowers
The Sea at Tuzla
Balchik Hills
Cassis Landscape
Still Life with Fruit
Balchik Towards the Sea
Mogoşoaia Landscape
Springtime Work
Balchik
Landscape in South of France
Old Bucharest Seen from Sf. Spiridon
Peasant Woman With Red Beads
Bachik Houses and Hills
Chibiți în Cișmigiu
Bucharest Landscape
Mamut's Cafe
Cassis Landscape
Rooftops Seen from Sf. Gheorghe Square
Via Ripetta Houses
Balchik Springtime
Mogoșoaia Forest Path
Dobrudjan Street
Martigues Port
Balchik Landscape
Sozopol Ships
Bucharest Landscape
Martigues Landscape
Medgidia Houses
Balchik Landscape
Dobrudjan Street
Atelier View (Bucharest Rooftops)
In 1948, he was elected to the Romanian Academy.