Artwork
Peisaj cu case Balcic
Peisaj cu case Balcic is an unspecified painting by Constantin Petrescu-Dragoe. It is held in the collection of the Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea.
About this work
Overview
The work titled *Peisaj cu case Balcic* consists of an untreated canvas displaying a muted, yellow‑brown ground. No painted imagery is present; the surface bears faint pencil lines, occasional smudges, and a small alphanumeric label in the upper right corner, alongside a modest heart sketch near the lower right edge.
Subject & Meaning
Absent any representational content, the piece functions as a document of the artist’s preparatory stage. The minimal markings suggest a preliminary layout for a landscape featuring houses in Balcic, though the intended composition remains speculative.
Technique & Style
The canvas has been primed with a warm-toned ground, typical of early 20th‑century European practice. Light graphite traces indicate a sketching phase, while the scattered smudges likely result from handling or erasing attempts. No paint layers have been applied.
History & Provenance
Details regarding the creator, date of execution, and ownership trail are not provided. The presence of a label with numbers and letters hints at cataloguing within a studio or institutional collection, but further provenance remains undocumented.
Context
Blank or under‑finished canvases occasionally survive as study materials, offering insight into an artist’s planning process. In the case of *Peisaj cu case Balcic*, the work may represent an abandoned commission or a pedagogical exercise common among landscape painters working in the Black Sea resort of Balcic.
Artist & collection
Artist
Constantin Petrescu-Dragoe painted gentle scenes of everyday life and quiet landscapes around Balcic, a small town on the Black Sea coast.
Museum
Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea
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