The independent state of Romania emerged in the late 19th century - and with impeccable timing so too did the country’s finest painter. A genius on canvas and a canny political operator, Nicolae Grigorescu was the man who gave impressionism and realism their very own Romanian twist.
Constantin Brancusi knew how to put the struggle into art. He walked across Europe to make his mark, and boy was it worth it. Born in Hobita, in a small Romanian village, the father of modern sculpture lives on in America, Britain, France and Romania. We celebrate his life in this episode of #Who...