Costin Petrescu (May 10, 1872 – October 15, 1954) was a

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n painter. Born in

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, he moved to

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in 1892, attending the Fine Arts School for three years. He executed the monumental fresco in the

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between 1934 and 1939. Virgiliu Z. Teodorescu
"În București, pe urmele unui creator de frumos - artistul plastic Costin Petrescu"
, in ''Revista Muzeelor'', 1/2005, p.89-91; accessed June 16, 2013

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1872 births 1954 deaths People from Pitești 20th-century Romanian painters {{Romania-painter-stub