28 Notable alumni of
National University of Arts of Bucharest
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The National University of Arts of Bucharest is 1938th in the world, 645th in Europe, and 8th in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from the National University of Arts of Bucharest sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Constantin Brâncuși
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- architectural draftspersonpainterphotographerillustratorassemblage artist
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Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. As a child, he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1905 to 1907. His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Brâncuși sought inspiration in non-European cultures as a source of primitive exoticism, as did Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, and others. However, other influences emerge from Romanian folk art traceable through Byzantine and Dionysian traditions.
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Ștefan Luchian
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- pastellistpainterwatercolorist
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Ștefan Luchian was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works.
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Victor Brauner
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- graphic artistdesignerpaintersculptor
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Victor Brauner was a Romanian painter and sculptor of the surrealist movement.
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Andrei Pleșu
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- literary criticbiographerart theoristart historianphilosopher
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Andrei Gabriel Pleșu is a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic. He has been intermittently involved in politics, having been appointed Minister of Culture (1989–91), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–99) and presidential counsellor for external affairs (2004–05).
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Sabin Bălașa
- Enrolled in the National University of Arts of Bucharest
- Studied in 1956
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- film directorpainterwriterinformant
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Sabin Bălașa was a contemporary Romanian painter. His works were described by himself as belonging to cosmic Romanticism.
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Camil Ressu
- Enrolled in the National University of Arts of Bucharest
- Studied in 1897
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- painter
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Camil Ressu was a Romanian painter and academic, one of the most significant art figures of Romania.
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Gheorghe Petrașcu
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- painter
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Gheorghe Petrașcu was a Romanian painter. He won numerous prizes throughout his lifetime and had his paintings exhibited posthumously at the Paris International Exhibition and the Venice Biennale. He was the brother of N. Petrașcu, a literary critic and novelist.
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Ștefan Câlția
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- university teacherpainter
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Ștefan Câlția is a contemporary Romanian painter.
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Ion Theodorescu-Sion
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- paintertrade unionistcaricaturist
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Ion Theodorescu-Sion was a Romanian painter and draftsman, known for his contributions to modern art and especially for his traditionalist, primitivist, handicraft-inspired and Christian painting. Trained in academic art, initially an Impressionist, he dabbled in various modern styles in the years before World War I. Theodorescu-Sion's palette was interchangeably post-Impressionist, Divisionist, Realist, Symbolist, Synthetist, Fauve or Cubist, but his creation had one major ideological focus: depicting peasant life in its natural setting. In time, Sion contributed to the generational goal of creating a specifically Romanian modern art, located at the intersection of folk tradition, primitivist tendencies borrowed from the West, and 20th-century agrarian politics.
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Alexandru Ciucurencu
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- painter
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Alexandru Ciucurencu was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
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Sava Henția
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- paintermuralistillustrator
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Sava Henția was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian painter, decorator and illustrator.
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Frederic Storck
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- sculptorprofessor
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Frederic Storck was a Romanian sculptor. His father was the sculptor Karl Storck. His brother, Carol Storck, was also a sculptor and his wife, Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck was a painter.
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Apcar Baltazar
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- art criticmuralistpainterceramicistillustrator
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Apcar Baltazar was a Romanian painter and art critic of Armenian parentage. His first name is often spelled Abgar, due to differing transliterations from Armenian.
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Jacques Hérold
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- graphic artistsculptorpainterillustrator
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Jacques Hérold was a prominent surrealist painter born in Piatra Neamț, Romania.
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Jean Alexandru Steriadi
- Enrolled in the National University of Arts of Bucharest
- Studied in 1896-1900
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- painter
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Jean Alexandru Steriadi was a Romanian painter and drawing artist. He made portraits and compositions based on a strong, expressive drawing; then he evolved towards impressionistic influenced landscapes in which the subtle harmony is combined with a refined sense of picturesque ("The Morizzi House", "Ships in the Brăila Harbour"). Jean Alexandru Steriadi was a titular member of the Romanian Academy from 1948.
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Nicolae Dărăscu
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- painter
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Nicolae Dărăscu was a Romanian painter. He was influenced by Impressionism and Neo-impressionism.
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Eugen Mihăescu
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- pastellistpainterpoliticiandrawerillustrator
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Eugen Mihăescu is a Romanian painter and politician. He is a member of the Greater Romania Party and was a Member of the European Parliament from 1 January 2007, date of the accession of Romania to the European Union, until 20 May 2007. While in the European Parliament, he was the vice-chair of the far-right Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty group.
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Nicolae Petrescu-Găină
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- cartoonist
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Nicolae S. Petrescu-Găină was a Romanian cartoonist.
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Costin Petrescu
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- painteruniversity teacheropinion journalist
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Costin Petrescu was a Romanian painter. Born in Pitești, he moved to Bucharest in 1892, attending the Fine Arts School for three years. He executed the monumental fresco in the Romanian Athenaeum between 1934 and 1939.
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George Demetrescu-Mirea
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- painter
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George Demetrescu Mirea was a Romanian portrait painter, muralist and art teacher.
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Ipolit Strâmbu
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- painter
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Ipolit Strâmbulescu, known as Ipolit Strâmbu, was a Romanian painter best known for his portraits of women, which ranged from domestic scenes to nudes.
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Silvia Radu
- Enrolled in the National University of Arts of Bucharest
- Studied in 1960
- Occupations
- sculptorpainter
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Silvia Elena Radu is a Romanian sculptor, potter, and painter.
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Corneliu Ionescu
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- painter
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Corneliu Ionescu is a Romanian painter, famous for his ballerinas.
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Aurel Ciupe
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- painter
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Aurel Ciupe, was a Romanian painter, educator, and museum director. He authored numerous portraits, and landscape paintings, and worked within the Fauvism movement. Ciupe was a professor at the Institute of Fine Arts in Cluj, and served as a director of the Museum of Banat (now National Museum of Banat).
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Margaret Cossaceanu
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- sculptorportraitist
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Margaret Cossaceanu, born Margareta Cosăceanu, later Margaret Cossaceanu-Lavrillier was a French sculptor of Romanian origin.
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Alex Gâlmeanu
- Enrolled in the National University of Arts of Bucharest
- Studied in 2009-2012
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- cinematographerphotographer
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Alexandru Pompiliu Gâlmeanu is a Romanian photographer and image director. He started working in 1998, and has primarily focused on editorial, advertising, fashion or abstract photography.
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Nándor Balaskó
- Enrolled in the National University of Arts of Bucharest
- Studied in 1937-1940
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- lecturersculptor
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Nándor Balaskó was a sculptor from Romania.
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Céline Emilian
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- sculptor
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Céline Emilian was a French-born Romanian sculptor, notable for her portrait work.
