Eustache Grégoire Stoenescu, whose Romanian name is Eustatiu Grigori Stoenescu, gives us here a view from the window of a Parisian apartment over the rooftops of Paris and the dome of the Pantheon. A delicate painting with subtle light.

Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Dimensions: 61 x 50 cm
With frame: 79 x 69 cm

Our painting is similar to the painting in the Bucharest Art Museum, “Bird in a Cage.”

Eustatiu Stoenescu, a Romanian painter of great talent, endowed with great sensitivity.

Eustatiu Grigori Stoenescu was only a fleeting presence in the artistic milieu of interwar Romania.
A member of the social elite, surrounded by an aura of mystery and poetic elegance, he became a remarkable portrait painter whose models were personalities of the time.
Eustache Grégoire Stoenescu gradually distanced himself from all influences, building a strongly personal style.

A subtle light and harmony of colors for this indoor-outdoor scene in Paris.

Eustatiu Grigori Stoenescu gives us here a view from the window of a Parisian apartment, certainly his own.
A soft white light diffuses through the window. The work is remarkable for the subtlety of its muted tones in blue-gray, beige and light brown and its light touch.

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Eustache Grégoire Stoenescu, Romanian name Eustatiu Grigori Stoenescu, born in Craiova and died in New York, is a Romanian painter.

Bucharest

He first discovered painting at the age of 15, when the French painter Léopold Durangel came to his parents' house to paint a portrait of his mother.
After visiting the Nicolae Grigorescu Retrospective Exhibition, inaugurated in 1897 in Bucharest, in the hall of the Romanian Athenaeum, he irreversibly decided to follow the same path.

Paris

At only sixteen, he left for Paris with Nicolae Titulescu, the future Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was then studying law in Paris. Stoenescu attended the Julien Academy and the National School of Fine Arts, where Camil Ressu, Jean Al. Steriadi, S. Mützner, Nicolae Dărăscu were his colleagues and Jean-Paul Laurens his teacher. His aristocratic origin and perfect education helped him adapt to the severe formal climate and academic norms and rules.

He made his debut in Paris, at the Society of French Artists, and in Craiova, at the exhibition of the Artistic Society "Theodor Aman". It was then that he began to paint portraits of many cultural, artistic and political figures, such as: Professor Jean Paul Laurens, painter Stefan Popescu etc.
From 1906 onwards, a series of exhibitions followed, the first at the Official Salon in Paris, followed by the Jeunesse Artistique and the Jubilee Exhibition where he won the gold medal.
His exhibitions at the official Paris Salon became regular until 1911.

He has participated in several exhibitions at the Charpentier gallery and the Bernheim gallery in Paris.

He will also exhibit abroad, in Venice, Craiova, Bucharest, Antwerp, London and in the United States in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh.

In 1936, Eustatiu Stoenescu was appointed professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest. In 1941, he became rector of the Academy of Arts.

Other exhibitions

•1914 – Official Salon of Paris, his painting “Breakfast” receives the Silver Medal.
•1915 – “Artistic Youth”, exhibits ten paintings
•1915 – Official Salon of Paris, obtains the First Class Medal for the Portrait of the poet Elena Văcărescu, with Ștefan Luchian
•1916 – Official Salon in Paris and “Artistic Youth”.
•1920 – Salon d’Automne in Paris. exhibits the paintings “Paris Stock Exchange”, “Portrait of the Duchess of Uzès”
•1921 – Galerie MMBernheim – Young of Paris, personal exhibition
•1922 – Official Paris Salon, exhibits “Portrait of Baroness Levavasseur” and “Portrait of Count Chasigne”
•Antwerp (Belgium), is present at an exhibition of ten paintings.
• Romanian Athenaeum, exhibition with Ion Jalea and Clara Sulzer.
•1923 – Craiova, personal exhibition
•1924 – Venice Biennale, exhibition “Portrait of the Governance of Kinst Amelia (Old)” “Portrait of the Painter Stephen Popoescu” “Portrait of the Painter Jean-Paul Laurens' and views of Venice.
•1925 – Official Salon in Paris, exhibits “Portrait of the painter Jean-Paul Laurens”. His painting was purchased by the French State.•1926 – Craiova, the exhibition of the Olt artistic circle (of which he was honorary president).
•1926 – Galerie Jean Charpanrier in Paris, personal exhibition.
• 1927 – “Ileana” Hall Bucharest, a personal exhibition. • 1928 – Official Salon in Paris, at the Venice Biennale and at the “Jeunesse Artistique”.
•1930 – New York – Durand Ruel Gallery and Sterner Gallery, solo exhibition
•1931 – Official Salon in Paris and has a new personal exhibition in Bucharest. He paints the “Portrait of the lawyer Alexandrescu”.
• 1932 – Official Salon in Paris, exhibits “Portrait of an Artist”.
• 1937 – The Universal Exhibition in Paris, wins “The Grand Prize”.
•1940 – Official exhibition in Paris, “Jeunesse Artistique” and third exhibition of the “Art” Association.
• 1942 – The Official Salon of Bucharest wins the National Painting Prize.
• 1943 – 1945 – The “Oltenia Week” exhibition in Craiova, the Official Salons and the exhibitions of the “Art” Association.
•1946 – Exhibition of the “Art” Association.
•1947 – Exhibition of the “Art” Association of Bucharest.

Museums

• Paris, Orsay Museums, Louvre Museum, Jeu de Paume Museum

• Bucharest, Art Museum

• Chicago, Art Museum

• Cleveland, museum of art

• San Francisco