Abundance / Still Life

About the artist

(28 September 1872, Iași, Romania – 17 May 1944, Iași, Romania)

Octav Băncilă was a major Romanian painter and graphic artist, celebrated for his powerful social realism and empathetic portrayals of working-class life. Born in Iași, he studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Iași and later continued his training in Munich and Paris, exposing him to the currents of European modernism. His artistic vision was shaped by a commitment to truth, dignity, and social justice.