Stahi C. D.

Stahi C. D. painted folk scenes of daily life in late 19th-century Romania. Their Capul lui Ioan Botezătorul shows villagers in headscarves and rough coats beside a wooden cart, the Danube’s light catching their weathered faces. The brushwork is stiff and direct, like a woodcut come to life. Lean in to see the way he layered ochres and umbers—no tricks, just honest color. Tap the painting itself to zoom in on the smallest stitches on a sleeve or the grain of the cart’s wheels.