Artwork
PEISAJ CU CAI
PEISAJ CU CAI is a print by Alexandru Ciucurencu. It dates from 1940 and is held in the collection of the National Museum of Art of Romania.
About this work
Overview
Created circa 1940, Peisaj cu Cai is an oil work by Romanian painter Alexandru Ciucurencu, noted for his affiliation with the post‑Impressionist movement and his role as a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. The canvas presents a rural scene where horses are integrated into the surrounding landscape, reflecting the artist’s interest in merging figure and environment.
Subject & Meaning
The composition centers on a countryside setting populated by horses, suggesting a tranquil, agrarian life. By placing the animals within a broader natural backdrop, Ciucurencu emphasizes the harmony between human‑tamed creatures and the land, a theme recurrent in his oeuvre that underscores a connection to Romanian rural traditions.
Technique & Style
Ciucurencu employs a pronounced impasto technique, applying paint in thick, tactile layers that give the surface a sculptural quality. Dark blues and earthy browns dominate, with a stark vertical band of near‑black pigment on the left, creating contrast and depth. The vigorous brushwork and palette‑knife‑like strokes convey movement and texture, hallmarks of his post‑Impressionist approach.
History & Provenance
Born in Tulcea in 1903, Ciucurencu studied at Bucharest’s National School of Fine Arts before advancing his training at Paris’s Académie Julian under André Lhote. Peisaj cu Cai emerged during his mature period, shortly before World War II, and remains part of the artist’s late‑career output, documented in Romanian museum collections.
Artist & collection
Artist
Alexandru Ciucurencu (Romanian pronunciation:; 27 September 1903 – 27 December 1977) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
