{{Short description|Romanian painter and academic}} {{No footnotes|date=December 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox artist | name = Camil Ressu | image = The class of Camil Ressu, 1927 (cropped to Camil Ressu).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Camil Ressu in 1927 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1880|1|28}} | birth_place = [[Galați]], [[Romania]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|4|1|1880|1|28}} | death_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] | known_for = | movement = [[Post-impressionism]], [[realism (arts)|realism]] | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = | alma_mater = [[Bucharest National University of Arts]] <br/> [[George Enescu National University of Arts]] }}
'''Camil Ressu''' ({{IPA|ro|kaˈmil ˈresu}}; 28 January 1880 – 1 April 1962) was a Romanian painter and academic, one of the most significant art figures of [[Romania]].
==Biography==
===Early life and career=== Born in [[Galați]], Ressu came from an [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] family that migrated to Romania from [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] at the start of the 19th century. His father, Constantin Ressu was a journalist and had studied law in [[Brussels]]. He was also an artist in his spare time. In 1887, Ressu was enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in [[Bucharest]]. He continued his studies at the [[George Enescu University of Arts of Iași|School of Fine Arts]] in [[Iași]], where he studied with painters [[Gheorghe Popovici]] and [[Gheorghe Panaiteanu Bardasare]]. In 1902, he finished his studies in Iași, being awarded a silver medal, and left Romania for [[Paris]], seeking to further develop his artistic skills. In Paris, he studied at the [[Académie Julian]].
In 1908, Ressu returned to Romania and became interested in social matters, contributing satirical drawings to several publications, including ''Furnica'', ''Facla'', and ''[[Adevărul]]''. In the same year, he became a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Romania (1910–1918)|Social Democratic Party of Romania]] (or, rather, its surviving Bucharest circle, ''Socialist Union of Romania'', formed around the paper ''[[România Muncitoare]]''). In 1910, his works ([[Landscape art|landscapes]] and paintings with bucolic themes) were featured in the [[Symbolist movement in Romania#Birth of Tinerimea Artistică|''Tinerimii Artistice'']] ("Artistic Youth") exhibition. Ressu opened his first personal exhibition in 1914, in Bucharest.
===Renown=== [[File:Resting Reapers by Camil Ressu 1966 Romanian stamp.jpg|thumb|260px|''Reapers at Rest'' on a 1966 Romanian stamp]] [[File:Nude by Camil Ressu 1971 Romanian stamp.jpg|thumb|260px|''Nude'' on a 1971 Romanian stamp]] In 1917, along with the painters [[Nicolae Dărăscu]], [[Ștefan Dimitrescu]], [[Iosif Iser]], [[Marius Bunescu]] and the sculptors [[Dimitrie Paciurea]], [[Cornel Medrea]], [[Ion Jalea]], and [[Oscar Han]], he founded the ''Art of Romania'' association in Iași. During these years, he further developed his style as a landscape painter, and frequently visited the countryside in summer to paint portraits of peasants working in the fields and views of villages. He also painted [[still life]], portraits of various personalities, and nudes.
In 1921, he became the president of the Artists' Union of Romania. In 1925, after a prolonged stay in the village of [[Ilovăț]], [[Mehedinți County]], Ressu finished one of his best-known paintings, ''Reapers at Rest'', currently housed in the Iași Museum of Art.
Aside from his artistic pursuits, Camil Ressu was a professor at the [[Bucharest National University of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in Bucharest until 1941. From 1950, he was the honorary president of the Artists' Union and a professor at the ''Nicolae Grigorescu'' Art Institute. In 1955, [[Communist Romania|Romania's Communist regime]] awarded him the title of "[[People's Artist]]", and he later became a [[list of members of the Romanian Academy|member of the Romanian Academy]]. He died in Bucharest in 1962, and was buried in the city's [[Bellu Cemetery]].
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Țărănci în biserică Ressu.jpeg|''Peasant Women in Church'' (1912) File:Înmormântare la țară Ressu.jpeg|''Countryside Funeral'' (1912) File:Academia terasa Ressu.jpeg|''The Beer-Hall Academy'' (1913) File:Biserica din Vlaici Ressu.jpeg|''Vlaici Church'' (1912-1914) File:Cosași odihnindu-se Ressu.jpeg|''Reapers at Rest'' (1925) File:La scăldat Ressu.jpeg|''Bathing'' (1924-1925) </gallery>
==References== {{Commons category|Camil Ressu}} *[http://www.amosnews.ro/arhiva/valori-ale-culturii-nationale-camil-ressu-130-ani-nastere-28-01-2010 Valori ale culturii naționale: Camil Ressu: 130 ani de la naștere]. amosnews.ro. 28 January 2010
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