Artwork
ÎNSERARE
ÎNSERARE is a print by Carol Pop de Szathmári. It dates from 1874 and is held in the collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum. Însereare is a work by Carol Szathmari, a Hungarian artist from Transylvania active in Bucharest, created around 1874.
About this work
Overview
Însereare is a work by Carol Szathmari, a Hungarian artist from Transylvania active in Bucharest, created around 1874. The piece is a sketch depicting a serene landscape.
Subject & Meaning
The sketch shows a calm body of water with a dark foreground and a distant shoreline featuring faint outlines of possible rocks or structures. The sky above is light with soft clouds.
Technique & Style
The work is characterized by its simplicity and aged appearance, with visible smudges and a signature in the lower middle section. It appears to be a quick notation of a place rather than a highly finished scene.
History & Provenance
The work is held in the collection of the Museum of Ethnography. Szathmari, known for his photography, particularly his Crimean War battlefield images, was a pioneer in Romanian photography.
Artist & collection
Artist
Carol Szathmari (Romanian: Carol Popp de Szathmari, Hungarian: Szathmáry Pap Károly; 11 January 1812, Kolozsvár – 3 July 1887, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter, lithographer, and photographer of Transylvanian Hungarian…
