Francisc Șirato
Francisc Șirato (born August 13, 1877 in Craiova / Romania , † August 4, 1953 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian painter , illustrator , author and university professor.
life and work
Francisc Șirato was born into a family from the Banat . He trained in a book printing workshop in Craiova, Romania. From 1898 to 1899 he worked in a lithography workshop in Düsseldorf , before returning to Romania and studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1900 and 1905. He quickly became a sought-after illustrator for newspapers and magazines and is known for his polemical nature and conciseness in his geometrical and energetic style. In addition, he had various exhibitions with his painting. Especially in connection with the Arta Română artists' association . Since 1916 he also wrote art reviews.
Since 1926 Șirato was with the painters Nicolae Tonitza and Ștefan Dimitrescu and the sculptor Oscar Han a member of the Romanian artist group Grupul celor patru (in German: "Group of Four"), a protest group famous in Romania against the rigid norms of rigid academic art terms and for the Spread of modern art in Romania. After 1930 he concentrated on the effectiveness of light in his art: painting with chromatic fluid; comparable to that of Pierre Bonnard . In 1933 he became professor of drawing and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest. In 1939 he retired. Șirato died in Bucharest on August 4, 1953 at the age of 75.
Web links
- Literature by and about Francisc Șirato in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Șirato, Francisc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian painter, illustrator, art critic and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Craiova , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1953 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |