Background
Nicolae Darascu was born in Giurgiu, Romania on February 18, 1883.
He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1902 and 1906, in the class of George Demetrescu Mirea.
In 1907 he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Luc-Olivier Merson.
Nicolae Darascu was born in Giurgiu, Romania on February 18, 1883.
He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1902 and 1906, in the class of George Demetrescu Mirea. He studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and a year later, in 1907 at the École des Beaux-Arts under Luc-Olivier Merson.
He traveled extensively and lived in the south of France (Toulon and Saint-Tropez, 1908), to Venice (1909), in Romania (to Vlaici, Olt County, 1913, and in Southern Dobruja - Balchik, 1919). He maintained permanent contacts with artists from other European cultures, visiting major art museums and extending his horizons to attempt new forms of artistic expression. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Dărăscu rarely painted interiors or still lifes.
In 1917, along with the painters Camil Ressu, Ștefan Dimitrescu, Iosif Iser, Marius Bunescu and the sculptors Dimitrie Paciurea, Cornel Medrea, Ion Jalea and Oscar Han, he founded the Arta Română association in Iaşi.
Aside from his artistic pursuits, Darascu was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1936 and 1950.
He died in Bucharest, Romania on August 14, 1959.
Towards Lipscani
Mangalia Yard
Boats at Chioggia (Venice)
Summer at Balcic
Landscape with Bridge at Vlaici
Gondole la Veneţia (Palazzo Dario)
Tulcea Square
Vase with Peonies
Constanta
View Towards Balcic
Turks in Tulcea
Vase with Flowers
Landscape from Provence
În faţa şopronului
Self-Portrait
Landscape from Saint Tropez
Still Life with Peonies and Books
Sunflower Field
Vase with Petunias
Field Work (Landscape from Grimaud)
Landscape from Saint Tropez
Cherhanale la Tulcea
Boats at Saint Tropez
Still Life with Lobsters
View Towards the Port
Venice Cliff Seen from San Marco Piazza
Vase with Flowers
Balcic Hills
Balcic Houses
Field Flowers
The House With Linden Tree from Balcic
Shepherd and Sheep at Vlaici
Elisabeth Avenue After Rain
Venice Fishermen
Road Towards the Drinking Fountain, Balcic
Mamut's Café
Still Life with Pumpkin
Chioggia
Chioggia
Saint Tropez
Landscape from Argeș
Marina
Seaside Houses
Iași Square (Food Row)
Landscape from Balcic
Boats on the Danube (Vâlcov)