Constantin Pascali

Constantin Pascali made portraits in late-19th-century Bucharest. His 1890 painting “Portretul pictorului Menelas Simonidy” shows a painter with a beard in a dark coat, lit from the front. A year later he turned to prints, like “Portret de bărbat - Generalul Gh. Manu,” a bold black-and-white likeness of a general. Both works capture sitters with sharp lines and quiet realism. Tap “Portret de bărbat - Generalul Gh. Manu” to see how a print turns a face into strong shapes.