Portrete de tătari din Balcicul interbelic în pictura lui N. Tonitza și I. Iser [Articol]

Abstract

The communication refers to the portraits of Tatars from the plastic creations of the masters Nicolae Tonitza (1886-1940) and Iosif Iser (1881-1958), painters who brought to Romanian plastic art a modern vision, a universal openness, a compositional maturity supported by chromatic harmonies.Through multiple techniques – oil on canvas, gouache on cardboard, watercolour, drawing, charcoal or ink –Nicolae Tonitza and Iosif Iser reproduced the typologies of ethnic Tatars, captured in decorative backgrounds, in marine fragments or classical Dobrudjan architecture of interwar Balchik – houses, streets, gates, cafés, windows. The expressive, unique figures of Tatars are, most of the time, created with an economy of artistic means, in images full of compassion, love, brotherhood and humanism.