Gheorghe Tattarescu (1818 – 1894) was a Moldavian, later Romanian painter and a pioneer of neoclassicism in his country's modern painting.
Tattarescu was born in Focşani. He began as an apprentice to his uncle Nicolae Teodorescu, a church painter. He studied at the Painting School from Buzău, when Teodorescu moved there. The Orthodox Bishop of Buzău, Chesarie Căpățână, helped him obtain a scholarship in Rome, where he was taught by professors from the Accademia di San Luca. While there, Tattarescu made copies of paintings by Raphael, Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Salvatore Rosa, and Guido Reni.
Tattarescu was a participant in the 1848 Revolution in Wallachia. After the revolution, he painted portraits of Romanian revolutionaries in exile such as Gheorghe Magheru, Ştefan Golescu, and, in 1851, that of Nicolae Bălcescu (in three almost identical versions). Romantic nationalist ideals were the inspiration for his allegorical compositions with revolutionary themes in Romania's rebirth (1849), the patriotic Principalities' Unification (1857) and February 11 - The Modern Romania (1866).
In 1860, being commissioned to draw up a National Album of sights and historical monuments of the country, his talent of painting vaguely Romantic landscapes became highly valued. At the same time, showing his sympathy with various peasant uprisings, he painted The peasant at the Danube in 1875. He was also commissioned to decorate several churches in a neoclassical manner.
In 1864, together with painter Theodor Aman, Tattarescu founded the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest. He was a professor there for a long time after, and served as the School's Director for two years.
In 1865, he wrote Useful Principles and Studies on Proportions of the Human Body and Drawing after the Most Famous Painters.
Tattarescu died in Bucharest. The house he bought in 1855 and lived in for almost 40 years is now home to the Gheorghe Tattarescu Memorial Museum. It was opened 1951, and hosts several of his original works of art.
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| Gheorghe Tattarescu Autoportrait |
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| Self-Portrait |
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| Renașterea României (The Renaissance of Romania). Circa 1850 |
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| Portrait of Nicolae Bălcescu. Circa 1851 |
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| 1853 Nemesis - Zeița răzbunării (Nemesis - Goddess of vengeance). Circa 1853 |
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| Unirea Principatelor (Union of Principalities). Circa 1857 |
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| Woman with Tambourine. Circa 1860 |
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| Romania Unchained. Circa 1866 |
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| Madonna with the Child, Circa 1867 |
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| Muntean. Circa 1868 |
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| Munteanca. Circa 1868 |
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| Sfânta Treime si Sfinții Ierarhi, (Holy Trinity and Holy Hierarchs), Circa 1858 |
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| Mother of God with the Baby. 1869 |
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| Hagar in the Desert, 1870 |
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Metropolitan Bishop Nifon, Primacy in Ungro-Wallachia.
Circa 1872 |
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| Autoportrait. Circa 1875 |
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| Children painter. XIX Century |
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Dâmbovicioara cave.
XIX Century |
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| Femeie tanara cu salba. XIX Century |
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| La Speranza. XIX Century |
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| Landscape from Italy. XIX Century |
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| Magdalena. XIX Century |
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| Old monk. XIX Century |
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| Painter's wife and his son. XIX Century |
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| Pilgrim. XIX Century |
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| Portrait of artist Constantin Lecca. XIX Century |
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| Portrait of a woman. XIX Century |
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| Portrait of Ion Grădişteanu. XIX Century |
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| Saint Dumitru. XIX Century |
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| Saint Nicolas. XIX Century |
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