Oil on canvas

Signed lower left and dated on the back

Dimensions: 115 x 146 cm

Alexandre Istrate (aka Istrati) began his apprenticeship at the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest. Subsequently, he moved to Paris thanks to  the  grant from the French Institute in Bucharest, in 1947, with his painter wife Natalia Dumitresco. 

They are greeted by their compatriot, the sculptor Constantin Brancusi, who helps them find accommodation. Their friendship lasts a long time, the sculptor designates them as executor.  In France, he works at the School of Fine Arts and at the Academy of André Lhote. In 1953 he won the Kandinsky Prize. 

 His personal exhibitions are numerous: they begin in Paris in Paris, from 1949 to 1968, and also internationally - New York, Brussels, Caracas, Milan, Washington, Copenhagen, London, Cologne, Munich.  In addition to solo shows, he takes part in group exhibitions, notably at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Turin Biennale, the exhibition "An Adventure of Abstract Art" at the Galliera Museum, and at the Maeght de Saint-Paul foundation. -de-Vence. 

After a brief period influenced by "The New Realities", Istrati's painting evolved into lyrical abstraction, an abstract expressionism with vivid colors. His approach, always experimental, is constantly evolving.