The National Museum of Art of Romania is located in the Royal Palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest. It features collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family.
Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.
Ștefan Luchian was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works.
Gheorghe Petrașcu was a Romanian painter. He won numerous prizes throughout his lifetime and had his paintings exhibited posthumously at the Paris International Exhibition and the Venice Biennale. He was the brother of N. Petrașcu, a literary critic and novelist.
Nicolae Dărăscu was a Romanian painter. He was influenced by Impressionism and Neo-impressionism.
Ștefan Dimitrescu was a Romanian Post-impressionist painter and draftsman.
Eugen Taru was a Romanian graphic artist, best known for his work in the political cartoon, caricature, comic strip, and book illustration genres. Active throughout the communist period and first acknowledged as one among the young socialist realists promoted by the regime, Taru primarily associated with satirical magazines such as Urzica.
Sorin Ilfoveanu is a Romanian painter, designer and university teacher.
Henry Mavrodin was a Romanian painter, designer, essayist, and university teacher. He was born in Bucharest, Romania, on 31 July 1937, and died on 18 May 2022, at the age of 84.
Alma Redlinger was a painter and illustrator from Romania.
Magda Cârneci is a poet, essayist, and art historian born in Romania. She took a Ph.D. in art history at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris (1997) and received several international grants in literature and art history. Member of the well-known “generation of the ‘80s” in Romanian literature, of which she was one of the theoreticians, after the Revolution of December 1989 she became actively involved in the political and cultural Romanian scene of the 1990s. In the 2000s, after working as a visiting lecturer at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) in Paris, she was the director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris. At present, she is visiting professor at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, editor-in-chief of ARTA magazine for visual arts, and president of PEN Club Romania. She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.
Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck was a Romanian painter with a strong influence on cultural life in the interwar period. She was a promoter of feminism, contributing to the establishment of the "Association of women painters and sculptors" and "Feminin artistic circle".
Geta Brătescu was a Romanian visual artist with works in drawing, collage, photography, performance, illustration and film.
Marian Zidaru is a Romanian sculptor and painter.
Georgeta Năpăruș was a Romanian modernist painter.
Octav Grigorescu was a Romanian painter, graphic artist, book illustrator, fine arts professor at the Bucharest National University of Arts, an important figure in Romanian art. He was the brother of Ion Grigorescu and the husband of the painter Georgeta Năpăruș.
Marilena Preda Sânc is a Romanian visual artist, art educator (current position – professor at National University of Arts, Bucharest, and author of feminism and Public Art writings. She is known for being one of the most active feminist artists in the country. She uses a multidisciplinary approach by employing various media such as drawing, painting, mural art, book-objects, video, performance, photography, and installation; her work has been shown in museums, galleries, conferences, symposium, and broadcast venues around the world.
Mircea Roman is a Romanian sculptor. Mircea's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 200 USD to 5,435 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.
The Romanian pavilion houses Romania's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Constantin Stăncescu was a Romanian painter, art critic, teacher and translator.
