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Nicolae Tonitza

Nicolae (Nicolas) Tonitza (1886 - 1940) was active/lived in Romania.  Nicolae Tonitza is known for Painting, engraving, lithography, drawing and ceramic art.

Nicolae Tonitza (Romanian pronunciation: [niko'la.e to'nit?sa]; April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in introducing modernist guidelines to local art.

Born in Bârlad, he left his home town in 1902 in order to attend the Iasi National School of Fine Arts, where he had among his teachers Gheorghe Popovici and Emanoil Bardasare. The following year he visited Italy together with University of Bucharest students of archeology under the direction of Grigore Tocilescu. During that period, together with some of his fellow students, Tonitza painted the walls of Grozesti church.

In 1908 he left for Munich, where he attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts; he began publishing political cartoons in Furnica, and contributing art criticism articles to Arta Româna. Tonitza spent the following three years in Paris, where he visi   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4653 characters.]  Artist bio

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