Ion Andreescu

Place: Bucharest

Born: 1850

Death: 1882

Biography:

Ion Andreescu was a Romanian painter.
He was born in Bucharest into a merchant's family. In 1869 he entered Theodor Aman's Fine Arts School.
By 1872 he was an instructor of drawing and calligraphy at the Bishop's School in Buzău. 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 for Paris to further his education. In Paris, he began painting at Barbizon and in 1878 attended some classes at the Académie Julian. His work was exhibited with the works of better-known painters such as Manet, Monet and Renoir.
In 1881 he returned to Romania, ill with tuberculosis. His death followed shortly in 1882.
Beech Forest
Street from Barbizon during summer time
The oak
Chrysanthemum
The red scarf
Peasant woman with green kerchief
Pink roses
Still life
In the forest
Main Road
The winter
Portrait of a peasant girl
Portrait of a girl

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