Artwork
Histria
Histria is an unspecified painting by Octav Angheluță. It is held in the collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum.
About this work
Overview
Histria is a painting featuring a row of old buildings with flat roofs and tall, narrow windows.
Subject & Meaning
The buildings appear to be precariously balanced, leaning slightly as if on the verge of collapse, which contrasts with their solid, heavy appearance against a featureless dark sky.
Technique & Style
The painting employs impasto, a technique characterized by thick, uneven brushstrokes that give the walls a textured, rough appearance. The color palette is predominantly muted, with beiges, browns, and soft yellows, punctuated by red and green accents.
Artist & collection
Artist
Octav Angheluță painted quiet, realistic scenes of Romanian life and landscape. In *Studenți în practică* you see students in a sunlit courtyard, and *Histria* captures a misty ruin by the Black Sea coast. His print…
