Gheorghe Popovici (5 October 1859,

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- 24 February 1933, Iași) was a Romanian painter and designer in the

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style.

Biography

He spent his childhood in

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, then part of the

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. Later, he attended the secondary schools in Iași, graduating from the ''Școala de Arte Frumoase'' (School of Fine Arts) in 1883."Pictorul Gheorghe Popovici"
@ Evenimentul. His talents earned him a state scholarship to study in Rome, then Paris, where he worked with

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, absorbing cultural influences as well as artistic techniques. In 1900, he won critical acclaim at the Exposition Universelle for his depiction of Horea's execution. After returning home, he was appointed Professor of painting and composition at his old alma mater, the School of Fine Arts. From 1911 to 1929, he served as director. During his thirty years as a teacher, his students included

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and

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."Gheorghe Popovici - Pictor"
@ Evenimentul. For a time, he was also Director of the school's library, which later became an art museum. During World War I, when the second shipment of the

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was being put together for transport to Moscow, he used the library to hide well-known art works from the local area, and they became the basis for the museum."In Memoriam Pictorul Gheorghe Popovici"
@ Evenimentul. Overall, he preferred large oil paintings and created murals for the "Metropolitan Palace", depicting the Nicene Council and the

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Selected paintings

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Biography

Selected paintings

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