Background
Ipolit Strambulescu, known as Ipolit Strambu, was born on March 18, 1871 in Baia De Arama, Mehedinti, Romania. He was the son of a shepherd.
His first formal lessons were with Theodor Aman and George Demetrescu Mirea at the "National School of Fine Arts" (now known as the Bucharest National University of Arts).
He was awarded a scholarship to go to Munich, where he studied with Carl von Marr at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Ipolit Strambulescu, known as Ipolit Strambu, was born on March 18, 1871 in Baia De Arama, Mehedinti, Romania. He was the son of a shepherd.
Ipolit became interested in drawing while attending the local schools in Baia De Arama. His first formal lessons were with Theodor Aman and George Demetrescu Mirea at the "National School of Fine Arts" (now known as the Bucharest National University of Arts). In 1891, Nicolae Grigorescu encouraged him to create some paintings for an exhibition at the Romanian Athenaeum and became his patron. Four years later, Strâmbu graduated from the Academy. He was awarded a scholarship to go to Munich, where he studied with Carl von Marr at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Ipolit became a freelance painter. His income was insufficient, so he entered a competition to become a Professor of drawing at the gymnasium in Craiova. He taught there briefly. In 1900, he went to Paris, where he participated in the Exposition Universelle.
In 1901, Ipolit became a Professor at the National School. Later that year, together with Ștefan Luchian, Nicolae Vermont and several others, he helped establish "Tinerimea Artistică" (artistic youth) an organization that advocated realistic art, with ordinary people and peasant life as subjects.
Ipolit continued to paint prolifically and exhibit widely throughout the 1910s and 20s; including displays at the Venice Biennale of 1924 and the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts of 1925, in Paris. He also taught at the school in the artists' colony at Baia Mare, authored several textbooks and drawing manuals and was one the organizers of the "Muzeul Național de Artă Populară" (folk art museum). He died on October 31, 1934 in Bucharest, Romania.
After Bath
1918Cochetărie
In the Family
1927In the Garden
1930In the Garden
1930Landscape
1908Nude With Carpet Background
1921Peasant Woman
1909Portrait of a Peasant
Reading in the Garden
1910Reverie
1919Reverie
1920Summer Afternoon
1918The Flowery Headscarf
1925The Red Headscarf
1926The Red Scarf
1919Thinking
1917Vase with Flowers
1909Vase with Roses and Chrysanthemums
1911Woman with Umbrella