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Stefan Luchian He was born in
Ştefăneşti, a village of Botoşani County, as the son of Major Dumitru Luchian
and of Elena Chiriacescu. The Luchian family moved to Bucharest in 1873 and his
mother wanted to follow his father's path and join the Military School, but
instead chose to join in 1885 the painting class at the Fine Arts School in
Bucharest, where he was encouraged to pursue a career in painting by Nicolae
Grigorescu, whose work was to have a major impact on his entire creation. |
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