Nicolae Grigorescu

Japanese: グリゴレスク（英語表記）Nicolae Grigorescu

1838‐1907
Romanian painter. After making a name for himself as an icon painter at a young age, he received a scholarship to travel to Paris in 1861, where he studied Romantic painting and then settled in Barbizon. He painted peasant life and landscapes with a brushstroke-like quality, and began exhibiting at the Salon (official exhibition) in 1868. In his home country, he was greeted with mixed reviews as a pioneer of new techniques. He returned to France in 1876, where he interacted with Impressionist painters. In 1877, he served as a war painter during the Russo-Turkish War, leaving behind many sketches. Not naturally suited to large-scale paintings, he left behind many masterpieces, including quick-drawn, improvised portraits of ordinary people and genre paintings, which showed his excellent drawing skills.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1838‐1907
ルーマニアの画家。若くしてイコン画家として名をなした後，1861年奨学金を得てパリに赴き，ロマン主義絵画を学んだのちバルビゾンに居を構え，農民の生活や風景を筆致を残して描き，68年よりサロン(官展)に出品。故国では新しい技法の旗手として賛否両論をもって迎えられる。76年より再びフランスに滞在，印象派の画家たちと交わる。77年露土戦争の従軍画家として多くのスケッチを残す。本来大画面には向かず，優れたデッサン力をみせる速描きの即興的な市井の人々の肖像画や風俗画に名品を数多く残した。

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