Traian Brădeanu is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at National Museum of Romanian History.

This guy painted portraits for a living in a country where the government picked your subjects for you. One January in 1979, he was told to splash oils on a 60th-birthday gift for Elena Ceaușescu and make her look regal. The joke is he probably knew every brushstroke would end up in the basement archives while she hung it for a week. Find his “Tablou reprezentând-o pe Elena Ceaușescu” online—it’s the size of a highway billboard and smells like power and bad decisions.

Works by Traian Brădeanu

Tablou reprezentând-o pe Elena Ceaușescu, atribuit lui Traian Brădeanu. Tablou comandat de Consiliul Culturii și Educației Socialiste și oferit în dar Elenei Ceaușescu la împlinirea vârstei de 60 de ani (ianuarie 1979).

Collections represented

Museum

National Museum of Romanian History

The National History Museum of Romania is a museum located at 12 Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times.