- Ion Andreescu
Infobox Artist
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name = Ion Andreescu
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caption = Ion Andreescu - Self Portrait (1882)
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birthdate = birth date|1850|2|15|mf=y
location =Bucharest ,Romania
deathdate = death date and age|1882|10|22|1850|2|15|mf=y
deathplace =Bucharest ,Romania
nationality =Romania n
field = painting
training =
movement =Impressionism
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influenced by =Nicolae Grigorescu
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awards =Ion Andreescu (
February 15 ,1850 –October 22 ,1882 ) was aRomania n painter of great renown.Biography
He was born in
Bucharest into a merchant's family. In 1869 he enteredTheodor Aman 's Fine Arts School.By 1872 he was an instructor of drawing and
calligraphy at the Bishop's School inBuzău . In 1873 he left the Bishop's School for the Tudor Vladimirescu Communal Secondary School, also in Buzău. Then, in 1875 he left the Communal Secondary School for Buzău's Craftsmanship School.Influenced by
Nicolae Grigorescu , he left Romania forParis to further his education. In Paris, he began painting at Barbizon. His work was exhibited with the works of better known painters such asManet ,Monet and Renoir.In 1881 he returned to Romania, ill with
tuberculosis . His death followed shortly in 1882.Gallery
External links
*en icon [http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/cultura/p_andreescu.html Biography - Ion Andreescu]
*en icon [http://www.mab.ro/en/17_20/08en_andreescu.htm Art Museum from Braşov - Ion Andreescu]
*ro icon [http://www.artline.ro/1_587_Andreescu__Ion_4921.html Artline - Ion Andreescu]
*ro icon [http://www.compendium.ro/pers_detalii.php?id_pers=223 Compendium - Ion Andreescu]
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