Balcic
1936
From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
1936
From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
Balcic is a 1936 by Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpăna, held at National Museum of Art of Romania.
The painting depicts a village scene with a woman in the foreground, standing in front of a yellow building. She is wearing a long, dark dress and has a head covering. The background features a hill with more buildings, some of which are white with red roofs. The sky above is blue with clouds. In the lower left corner of the painting, a tree with bare branches is visible. The overall atmosphere of the scene appears to be one of everyday life in a rural setting. To learn more about the artist's use of color and composition, explore the work of Schweitzer-Cumpăna, Rudolf.
Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpăna was a Romanian painter. Born in Pitești into an ethnic German family, he finished high school in his native town before attending the Royal Academy of Arts at Berlin from 1904 to 1909, studying…
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