Palace from the collection of M Art Museum

Palace

Watercolour on cardboard

21.5 x 15.5 cm

Signature: signed on the front lower left in red "Th. Aman"

Installed

Theodor Aman (b. 1831, Câmpulung-Muscel, Romania - d. 1891, Bucharest, Romania) is one of the most important Romanian painters of the 19th century, blending Romanticism with Academicism. Aman studied the principles of painting in Craiova and Bucharest, under Constantin Lecca and Carol Vasile, and then in Paris at the studios of the neoclassical painters Michel-Martin Drolling and François-Édouard Picot.

Of Armenian descent, Aman also worked as an engraver and art professor. He is recognised as the founder of the National University of Arts in Bucharest, and he had a significant contribution to the alignment of artistic practices in Romania to Western European ones.

Since 1908, his former home and studio in Bucharest have hosted a museum dedicated to his memory, including a large collection of his paintings.

Amongst the themes of his works are historical painting, Oriental settings, rural life and dress, landscapes, portraits, still life. He used many techniques, such as oil on canvas, engraving, drawing, having created both large and small scale works. Palace, the painting included in this auction, is a watercolour on paper, a medium that Aman used but has been less commonly seen by the public.

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