Background
Gheorghe Petrascu was born on November 20, 1872 in Tecuci, Romania. His father Costache Petrovici-Rusciucliu and mother Elena were small landowners.
Gheorghe Petrascu was born on November 20, 1872 in Tecuci, Romania. His father Costache Petrovici-Rusciucliu and mother Elena were small landowners.
Petraşcu studied at the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest from 1893 to 1898, the Academy of Arts in Munich in 1898, and the Académie Julian in Paris from 1898 to 1902.
His works, executed in a free, postimpressionist manner, are marked by the simplicity of pictorial motifs, the dramatic expressiveness of impasto texture, and the contrasting combinations of subdued brown, ultramarine, and scarlet spots of color. Works by Petraşcu include The Copper Pot and Wild Flowers, Landscape in Chioggia, and Room in Tîrgovişte.
In 1936, Petrașcu was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy.