Ion Andreescu
{{Short description|Romanian painter (1850–1882)}}
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| image = Andreescu - Autoportret 1882.jpg
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| caption = Ion Andreescu - Self Portrait (1882)
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1850|2|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bucharest, Wallachia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1882|10|22|1850|2|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
| resting_place = Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest, Romania
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| nationality = Romanian
| education = Gheorghe Lazăr Middle School
Sfântul Sava High School
| alma_mater = National School of Fine Arts
Académie Julian
| known_for = Painting
| notable_works = The oak
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| movement = Impressionism
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| father = Andrei Dobrescu
| mother = Anastasia Pencovico
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| signature = Ion Andreescu - Semnatura.jpg
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Ion Andreescu ({{IPA|ro|iˈon andreˈesku}}; 15 February 1850 – 22 October 1882) was a Romanian painter.[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00004793?rskey=mtxxlv&result=1 Benezit Dictionary of Artists]
Biography
He was the son of Andrei Dobrescu and Anastasia Pencovico. It is unknown if he was born in Bucharest or in another one of his parents' residences in the vicinity of the city. His father was a beverage merchant and owned an Inn in Mahalaua Staicului.{{Cite web|url=http://artindex.ro/2012/05/16/andreescu-ion/|title=Artindex » Andreescu Ion|website=artindex.ro|access-date=2019-11-07}}
Andreescu was privately schooled during his elementary school years by Andreas Apostolas. In 1863 he attended the Gheorghe Lazăr Middle School in Bucharest, and then the Sfântul Sava High School. As a student of the Saint Sava High School, he won 1st prize in an Art contest.{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiocluj.ro/2015/12/16/ion-andreescu-pictorul-care-a-orientat-definitiv-arta-romaneasca/|title=Ion Andreescu – pictorul care a orientat definitiv arta românească|date=2015-12-16|website=Radio Romania Cluj|language=ro-RO|access-date=2019-11-07}} In 1869, Andreescu dropped out of high school and started attending Theodor Aman's "National School of Fine Arts" (now known as the Bucharest National University of Arts) where he studied Linear Drawing and Calligraphy.{{Cite web|url=https://radioromaniacultural.ro/documentar-135-de-ani-de-la-moartea-pictorului-ion-andreescu/|title=135 de ani de la moartea pictorului Ion Andreescu|publisher= Radio România Cultural|access-date=2019-11-07}}
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. Andreescu began attending the private arts school Académie Julian and at the same time he was accepted at Salon (Paris) where he exposed two paintings, "Start of Spring" and "The Fair in Romania". He then moved to Barbizon, where mastered plein-air painting. Here he worked alongside artists such as Grigorescu, Alexandru Djuvara, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-François Millet, and Claude Monet.[https://sites.google.com/site/academiejulian/a/andreescu Per school records] His work was exhibited with the works of better-known painters such as Édouard Manet, Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
In 1881 Andreescu returned to Romania, ill with tuberculosis. His death followed shortly in 1882.(ro)[http://www.artline.ro/Andreescu--Ion-13652-1-n.html Artline.ro] He is buried in Bucharest's Bellu Cemetery. In 1948 he was elected post-mortem member of the Romanian Academy.
Gallery
Image: Beechforest.jpg|Beech Forest
Image: Ion Andreescu - Strada in Barbizon in timpul verii.jpg |Street from Barbizon during summer time
Image: Ion Andreescu - The oak.jpg |The oak
Image: Ion Andreescu - Crizanteme.jpg|Chrysanthemum
Image: Ion Andreescu - Broboada rosie.jpg |The red scarf
Image: Ion Andreescu - Peasant Woman with Green Kerchief.jpg |Peasant woman with green kerchief
Image: Ion Andreescu - Trandafiri.jpg|Pink roses
Image: Ion Andreescu - Natura moarta.jpg |Still life
File:Ion_Andreescu_-_Interior-de-padure.jpg |In the forest
File:Ion_Andreescu_-_UnknownTitle.jpg |Main Road
File:Ion_Andreescu_-_Iarna.jpg |The winter
File:Ion_Andreescu_-_PortretDeTaranca.jpg |Portrait of a peasant girl
File:Ion_Andreescu_-_Portret.jpg|Portrait of a girl
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Ion Andreescu}}
- {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924031722/http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/cultura/p_andreescu.html Biography - Ion Andreescu]
- {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012063359/http://www.mab.ro/en/17_20/08en_andreescu.htm Art Museum from Brașov - Ion Andreescu]
- {{in lang|ro}} [http://www.artline.ro/1_587_Andreescu__Ion_4921.html Artline - Ion Andreescu]
- {{in lang|ro}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060509174044/http://www.compendium.ro/pers_detalii.php?id_pers=223 Compendium - Ion Andreescu]}}
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Category:Artists from Bucharest
Category:Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest) alumni
Category:Saint Sava National College alumni
Category:Bucharest National University of Arts alumni
Category:Académie Julian alumni
Category:Romanian expatriates in France
Category:19th-century Romanian painters
Category:19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Category:Tuberculosis deaths in Romania
Category:Burials at Bellu Cemetery
Category:Members of the Romanian Academy elected posthumously