In June 2023, at the Fine Arts Museum in Grigore Antipa str., no. 2, the public can admire the “Vasile Alecsandri Bust” (terracotta, 1884), whose author is Ion Georgescu (1856-1898).
The work is part of the sculpture collection of the Tulcea Art Museum and is permanently exhibited.
“Ion Georgescu is considered the first modern Romanian sculptor.
He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest, with Karl Storck, then in Paris, where he kept in close contact with progressive Romanian intellectuals. In Paris he was awarded a medal for the work “The Prayer of a Child”. He was also a teacher at the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest, where he had as students Frederic Storck, D. Mirea, etc. The most famous works of the artist are the statues of Gheorghe Lazăr and Pache Protopopescu in Bucharest, the statue of Gheorghe Asachi in Iasi.
Ion Georgescu was a complex artist, approaching all genres of sculpture (portrait, statuary composition, monuments, relief), as well as oil and watercolor painting, being directly involved in the sphere of artistic education.”
Sources: https://www.revistaromaniamare.ro/sculptorul-ion-georgescu–artistul-complet-vi, http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Ion_Georgescu
