Gheorghe Tattarescu
(1820–1894) Romanian artist (1818–1894)
Gheorghe Tattarescu (Romania, 1820–1894) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Gheorghe Tattarescu belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Gheorghe Tattarescu was born in Focșani and died in Bucharest. The teachers included Nicolae Teodorescu, Natale Carta, and Giovanni Silvagni. Wikidata associates Gheorghe Tattarescu with Neoclassicism and academic art. The students included Ștefan Luchian, Mihail Ștefănescu, Sava Henția, and Gheorghe Ioanid.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 6 works by Gheorghe Tattarescu with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1870. Works by Gheorghe Tattarescu are held by Rumäniens nationella konstmuseum and Muzeul Municipiului București. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Swerts, Charles Nègre, Marie Wiegmann, Ernest Slingeneyer, and Georg Wilhelm Timm.