Romanian Painter Theodor Aman ( 1831 – 1891)

Signed upper right, Th. Aman. His signatures appears in various paintings either lower right or lower left but in most cases is the same, Th Aman. Also, please note that his signature could be upright or inclined. We verified the painting with UV as well and it is clean, there is nothing underneath the oil. Provenance is well known and will be provided upon request. It has been with the same family for over 75 years and was exchanged from one member of the family to another. It measures with frame 32cm X 27.5 cm or 13" X 11". Just the view, measures 23cm X 18cm or 9.2" X 7.2". As the visitors probably saw, next to the signature is like small rectangular is shown in a picture below, taken with a magnifying glass. Also, my client informed that that there are few small cracks due to its age. Just to make sure that we provided an accurate description. due its age Please note that the shipping is from Romania and to USA could could cost somewhere close to $500.Verso, written in Romanian, states that the painted person was taken from a character of a mural. This lot has a reserve. Theodor Aman is an important representative of Romanian art of the 19th century and one of the founding fathers of the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest (now the Institul de Arte Plastice ‘Nicolae Grigorescu’). He completed his early artistic training in Craiova, a city in southwest Romania, before continuing his studies in Paris in around 1850. He was at times in contact with revolutionary Romanian circles, to which he remained connected during his stay in Paris. In 1853 he made his debut at the Paris Salon with a self-portrait, in which he oriented himself towards Gustave Courbet. Portraits were an essential genre throughout his artistic career, to which he devoted himself time and again. The following year he travelled to Constantinople, where he was received by the sultan, who acquired a painting by Aman. After a stay in his homeland, he travelled to Rome, Venice and Milan after receiving the title of boyar, combined with a scholarship for further study trips. After his return, he finally settled down in 1858 in Bucharest, but this did not prevent him from taking several trips to France and Belgium in later years. From 1859, he campaigned for the establishment of a school of fine arts in Bucharest, which was finally opened in 1864. He served as its director until his death, and taught painting with Gheorghe Tattarescu (1814-1894). With the affiliated painting collection, they laid the foundation of the national art collection in Bucharest, promoted young Romanian artists and in 1865 organized the first exhibition of living artists in Romania.
Condition Report: very good