Octav Băncilă
(1872–1944) Romanian artist (1872-1944)
Octav Băncilă (Romania, 1872–1944) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Octav Băncilă belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Octav Băncilă was born in Botoșani and died in Bucharest. Octav Băncilă trained at George Enescu University of Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The teachers included Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare and Constantin Daniel Stahi. Octav Băncilă worked in Iași. Wikidata associates Octav Băncilă with realism. The students included Aurel Băeșu, Corneliu Baba, and Petre Hârtopeanu.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 3 works by Octav Băncilă with free images. The dated works span the years 1898–1915.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Theodor Pallady, L. Edith C. Maryon, Arthur Heyer, Rodolphe François d' Erlanger, and Paul Berthon.