British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
Synonyms: Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt Related Paintings of leigh hunt :. | Still Life with Chessboard | The Last judgment | Shooting James Ward | Warten auf das Brautpaar auf der Hochzeit in der Provinz Nowgorod | An Old Woman at he Fireplace | Related Artists:
Lockey, RowlandEnglish Baroque Era Painter, active ca.1593-1616
Ion Andreescun. 15 februarie 1850, Bucuresti . 22 octombrie 1882, Bucuresti
He was born in Bucharest into a merchant family. In 1869 he entered Theodor Aman Fine Arts School.
By 1872 he was an instructor of drawing and calligraphy at the Bishop School in Buzau. In 1873 he left the Bishop School for the Tudor Vladimirescu Communal Secondary School, also in Buzau. Then, in 1875 he left the Communal Secondary School for Buzau Craftsmanship School.
Influenced by Nicolae Grigorescu, he left Romania for Paris to further his education. In Paris, he began painting at Barbizon. His work was exhibited with the works of better known painters such as Manet, Monet and Renoir.
In 1881 he returned to Romania, ill with tuberculosis. His death followed shortly in 1882.
Augustus e.mulreadyfl.1863-1886