Constantin Daniel Stahi (14 November 1844 – 18 June 1920) was a

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n painter and gravure artist.

Biography

Born in

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, Stahi attended school first in

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(1850–1854) and then at the

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(1854–1857). In 1862 he entered the National School of Fine Arts from

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, where he was taught by Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare and

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. He continued his artistic education at the

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, where, from 1871 to 1878, he studied painting, metal gravure, and xylography. Stahi painted still life paintings representing small objects that were surrounding him, such as old books, newspapers, religious items, chairs, shoes, plates, and especially fruits. Also, he painted many portraits of famous people of his time (for example

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, painted in 1881). Many other of his paintings take inspiration from the simple life in the countryside in idyllic compositions and by painting peasants having as models people living in

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and

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regions. Beside his artistic career, he was a professor and, later on, the headmaster of the National School of Fine Arts in Iași between 1892 and 1902, following Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare. One of his students there was

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. He died in his house on Bărboi street in Iași on 18 June 1920 and was interred at the city's Eternitatea Cemetery.

Gallery

Image:Constantin Daniel Stahi - Natura statica cu carte si ochelari.jpg, Still life with a book and glasses (1882) Image:Constantin Daniel Stahi - Natură moartă – Apă sfinţită (1882).jpg, Holy water (1882) Image:Constantin Daniel Stahi - Carti bisericesti.jpg, Religious books Image:Constantin Daniel Stahi - Pere.jpg, Pears (1901) Image:Constantin Daniel Stahi - Natura statica02.jpg, Still life (1908)

References

External links

C. D. Stahi - A master of painting
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stahi, Constantin Daniel 1844 births 1920 deaths People from the Principality of Moldavia People from Neamț County Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century Romanian painters 20th-century Romanian painters Burials at Eternitatea cemetery