Ştefan Luchian was a renowned Romanian painter known as the "poet of flowers". He was born in 1868 and was considered the most important Romanian painter by the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Luchian painted landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, but was best known for his flower paintings. He studied art in Munich and Paris, and was influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Luchian is renowned for his realistic and emotive depictions of flowers, which demonstrated his close observation of and appreciation for nature.

1. ŞTEFAN LUCHIAN the painter of flowers

2. Un zugrav A Housepainter (self-portrait), 1907 Romanian National Art Gallery, Bucharest

3. Ştefan Luchian - (n. 1 februarie 1868, Ştefăneşti, Botoşani - d. 28 iunie 1916, Bucureşti), pictor român, denumit poetul plastic al florilor . La sf â r ş itul secolului XIX ş i î nceputul secolului XX Ş tefan Luchian era deja recunoscut drept pictorul rom â n cel mai important. Un succesor inspirat al lui Nicolae Grigorescu ş i Ion Andreescu, considera ţ i "p ă rin ţ ii" picturii rom â ne ş ti, Luchian îş i f ă cuse sim ţ it ă prezen ţ a î n peisajul artistic prin lucr ă rile sale remarcabile. A pictat peisaje, portrete, naturi moarte, mai ales flori. Peisajele sale demonstreaz ă interesul s ă u pentru natur ă ş i pentru simbioza dintre vegeta ţ ia abundent ă ş i fiin ţ a uman ă .

4. G ă lbenele Yellow garden flowers Art Museum in Cluj, Romania

5. He was born in Ştefăneşti, a village of Botoşani County, as the son of Major Dumitru Luchian and of Elena Chiriacescu. By the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, Stefan Luchian was the Romanian painter with the most remarkable creation. He was an inspired follower of Nicolae Grigorescu and Ion Andreescu, the two famous fathers of the Romanian painting. He did paint landscapes and portraits as much as he did paint compositions and still life, especially flowers. His landscapes equally show the interest in picturesque sights of nature for once and in the symbiosis between abundant vegetation and human appearances for another.

6. Starting autumn 1889 Luchian studied for two semesters at the Munich Fine Arts Academy, where he created copies of the works by Correggio and Rembrand housed in the Kunstareal. After his return to Romania, he took part in the first exhibition of the Cercul Artistic art group. He showed himself unable to accept the academic guidelines imposed by the Bavarian and Romanian schools. The following year, he left for Paris, where he studied at the Académie Julian, and, although taught by the academic artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, became acquainted with impressionist works of art. Luchian's painting Ultima cursă de toamnă shows the influence of Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, but also echoes of the Société des Artistes Indépendants, Modernism, and Post-impressionism (also obvious in works created after his return to Bucharest).

7. Ultima cursă de toamnă The Last Autumn Race

8. Portret de femeie Portrait of a Woman

9. Portret de femeie Portrait of a Woman , 1901

10. Safta Flor ă reasa Safta the Flower Girl , 1901 Romanian National Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

11. Bătaie cu flori la Bucureşti (1909 - 1910) Beating with flowers at Buc h arest

12. Poteca spre cimitir Path to the cemetery , Art Gallery in Cluj, Romania

13. S ă lciile de la Chiajna

14. Fl ori (1908 - 1910)

15. Anemone ANEMONE , 1908 Anemona Flowers , Romanian National Art Gallery, Bucharest

16. "Profile of a girl (Lica)" (c. 1911). Oil on canvas. Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu (Romania).

17. Dumitrite Chrysanthemums Zambaccian Museum, Bucharest, Romania

18. B ujori

19. Crizanteme si mere Chrysanthemums and apples Zambaccian Museum, Bucharest, Romania

20. Alb ă strele Corn flowers , Art Museum in Cluj, Romania

21. Trandafiri albi, 1908 White R oses , Art Museum in Cluj

22. Garoafe, 1907 Carnations , Romanian National Art Gallery, Bucharest

23. Trandafiri Roses , Zambaccian Museum, Bucharest, Romania

24. Laura Cocea Zambaccian Museum, Bucharest

25. Crizanteme galbene Yellow Chrysanthemums, private collection of Elena and Dr. I.N. Dona

26. Garoafe cu maci, 1912 Carnations and poppies , private collection Gh.Dumitrescu

27. L ă utul Hair Washing , 1911-1912 Zambaccian Museum, Bucharest

28. Fetiţa cu portocală Little girl with orange (1912)

29. Interior (Lorica) , Luchian's last painting (1913)

30. Maci, 1914 Poppies , Zambaccian Museum, Bucharest

31. Straw flower Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, Romania

32. Anemones, 1910 Regional Art Museum, Brasov, Romania

33. V â zdoage

34. P ă r ă lu ţ e

35. Scurteica verde

36. Realization by Raissa music: Intima Union - Ernesto Cortazar

37. GALERIILE "ŞTEFAN LUCHIAN" BOTOŞANI ROMANIA