88. Shepherd's Song

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88. Shepherd's Song

Nicolae Grigorescu

1838, Pitaru, Dâmboviţa - 1907, Câmpina

Estimate:

EUR 60.000 - 90.000

Sold

EUR 95.000

References

BREZIANU, Barbu, ”Nicolae Grigorescu”, Ed. Meridiane, Bucureşti, 1987 ENACHE, Monica (şi alţii), ”Grigorescu – pictor al naturii, (catalog)”, MNAR, 2008 MATEESCU, Denia (şi alţii), ”Nicolae Grigorescu (1838-1907). Ininéraire d’un peintre roumain de l’école de Barbizon à l’impresionisme” (catalog), Somogy éditions d’art, Paris 2006 VLAHUŢĂ, Alexandru, ”Pictorul Nicolae Grigorescu. Viaţa şi opera lui”, Ed. Casa Şcoalelor, Bucureşti, 1910

oil on wood, 46.5 x 29.5 cm, 29,5x46,5, signed lower left, in brown, "Grigorescu"

PROVENANCE

historic collection of engineer Constantin Bușilă (1877-1950); historic collection of Acad. George Georgescu (1887-1964). The painting most likely passed from one collection to the next through Tutu Georgescu (1912-2008), the adopted daughter of Constantin Bușilă, who married composer and conductor George Georgescu in 1933. An exceptional figure of Romanian culture, George Georgescu became one of the most important conductors worldwide as early as the interwar period. From the first concerto conducted at the Romanian Athenaeum in 1920 until his last year, in 1964, Georgescu left his mark on the musical phenomenon, occupying, in turn, the positions of artistic director of the "Philharmonic Society" of Bucharest, conductor of the New York and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestras, director of the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra (until 1944), director of the National Radio Orchestra (after 1947) and for the last ten years of his life, once again director of the Bucharest Philharmonic, a period in which he organised and supervised the inauguration of "George Enescu" Festival; collection of G. Georgescu's family.

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