Camil Ressu

Camil Ressu (Romanian pronunciation: [kaˈmil ˈresu]; 28 January 1880 – 1 April 1962) was a Romanian painter and academic, one of the most significant art figures of Romania.

Born in Galați, Ressu originated from an Aromanian family that migrated to Romania from Macedonia at the start of the 19th century. His father, Constantin Ressu, who was a journalist and had studied law in Brussels, was an artist in his spare time. In 1887, Ressu was enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He continued his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Iași, where he studies with painters Gheorghe Popovici and Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare. In 1902, he finished his studied in Iași, being awarded a silver medal, and left Romania for Paris, seeking to further develop his art skills. In Paris, he studied at the Académie Julian. Opera a lui: "Taran cu coasa"; "Cosasi odihnindu-se" 1925.

In 1908, Ressu returned to Romania and became interested in social matters, contributing satirical drawings to several publications, including Furnica, Facla and Adevărul. In the same year, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Romania (or, rather, its surviving Bucharest circle, Socialist Union of Romania, formed around the paper România Muncitoare). In 1910, his works (landscapes and paintings with bucolic themes) were featured in the Artistic Youth exhibition. Ressu opened his first personal exhibition in 1914, in Bucharest. He died in Bucharest.

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