Ştefan Luchian (1 February 1868–28 June 1917) was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works.
He was born in Ştefăneşti, a village of Botoşani County, as the son of Major Dumitru Luchian and of Elena Chiriacescu. The Luchian family moved to Bucharest in 1873 and his mother wanted to follow his father's path and join the Military School, but instead chose to join in 1885 the painting class at the Fine Arts School, where he ...
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Ştefan Luchian (1 February 1868–28 June 1917) was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works.
He was born in Ştefăneşti, a village of Botoşani County, as the son of Major Dumitru Luchian and of Elena Chiriacescu. The Luchian family moved to Bucharest in 1873 and his mother wanted to follow his father's path and join the Military School, but instead chose to join in 1885 the painting class at the Fine Arts School, where he was encouraged to pursue a career in painting by Nicolae Grigorescu, whose work was to have a major impact on his entire creation.
Starting autumn 1889 Luchian studied for two semesters at the Munich Fine Arts Academy, where he created copies of the works by Correggio and Rembrandt housed in the Kunstareal. After his return to Romania, he took part in the first exhibition of the Cercul Artistic art group.
He showed himself unable to accept the academic guidelines imposed by the Bavarian and Romanian schools. The following year, he left for...
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