Artwork
PEISAJ CU CAI
PEISAJ CU CAI is a print by Alexandru Ciucurencu. It dates from 1940 and is held in the collection of the National Museum of Art of Romania.
About this work
Overview
Created circa 1940, *Peisaj cu Cai* is an oil work by Romanian painter Alexandru Ciucurencu, noted for his affiliation with the post‑Impressionist movement and his role as a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. The canvas presents a rural scene where horses are integrated into the surrounding landscape, reflecting the artist’s interest in merging figure and environment.
Subject & Meaning
The composition centers on a countryside setting populated by horses, suggesting a tranquil, agrarian life. By placing the animals within a broader natural backdrop, Ciucurencu emphasizes the harmony between human‑tamed creatures and the land, a theme recurrent in his oeuvre that underscores a connection to Romanian rural traditions.
Technique & Style
Ciucurencu employs a pronounced impasto technique, applying paint in thick, tactile layers that give the surface a sculptural quality. Dark blues and earthy browns dominate, with a stark vertical band of near‑black pigment on the left, creating contrast and depth. The vigorous brushwork and palette‑knife‑like strokes convey movement and texture, hallmarks of his post‑Impressionist approach.
History & Provenance
Born in Tulcea in 1903, Ciucurencu studied at Bucharest’s National School of Fine Arts before advancing his training at Paris’s Académie Julian under André Lhote. *Peisaj cu Cai* emerged during his mature period, shortly before World War II, and remains part of the artist’s late‑career output, documented in Romanian museum collections.
Artist & collection
Artist
Alexandru Ciucurencu (Romanian pronunciation: ; 27 September 1903 – 27 December 1977) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.
