Mișu Popp (March 19, 1827 – March 6, 1892) was a Romanian painter and

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Biography

Born in Brassó,

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(now Brașov, Romania), he was the eighth child of Ioan Popp Moldovan de Galați (1774–1869) and Elena (1783–1867), born Ivan, a family from the Fogaras region. His father was a church muralist, painter, and sculptor. Popp finished his art studies in 1848, at the Academy of Fine Arts from

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, where he developed a serious academic style. He carried on the work of his father by painting several churches from

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, Brașov ( Tocile, Saint Nicholas Church), Araci,

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, Târgu-Jiu,

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, Urlați, etc. Between 1847 and 1853, he painted with

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the church of

Curtea Veche Curtea Veche (the Old Princely Court) was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459. Archaeological excavations started in 1953, and now the site is operated by the ''Muzeul Municipiului București'' in the histor ...

from Bucharest. But his main art legacy resides in creating many portraits of the personalities of his time (

Ion Heliade Rădulescu Ion Heliade Rădulescu or Ion Heliade (also known as ''Eliade'' or ''Eliade Rădulescu''; ; 6 January 1802 – 27 April 1872) was a Wallachian, later Romanian academic, Romanticism, Romantic and Classicism, Classicist poet, essayist, memoi ...

Andrei Mureșanu Andrei Mureșanu (; November 16, 1816 in Bistrița – October 12, 1863 in Brașov) was a Romanian poet and revolutionary of Transylvania. Born in a family of a small business owner in the countryside, he studied philosophy and theology ...

Vasile Alecsandri Vasile Alecsandri (; 21 July 182122 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat. He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in Moldavia and Wallachia. He fought for the unification of the Roma ...

, etc.) and of some famous historical figures, such as

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593–1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Transylvani ...

, inspired from a contemporary engraving of the voivode. His paintings are displayed in Bucharest at the Romanian Literature Museum and the National Art Museum, as well as in museums in Arad, Brașov,

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, and

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...

. A street in

bears his name. He is buried in Brașov's Groaveri cemetery.Description of Groaveri Church
at the Brașov archpriest’s district site

Gallery

''Click on an image to view it enlarged.'' Image: Ion Heliade Radulescu Popp.jpg , ''Portrait of

'' Image: Misu Popp - Mihai Viteazul.jpg , ''Portrait of

'' Image: Misu Popp - Portretul lui Andrei Muresanu.jpg , ''Portrait of

'' Image: Misu Popp - Tatal pictorului citind.jpg, ''Portrait of the painter's father'' Image: Misu Popp - Portretul Sevastiei Panovici.jpg , ''Portrait of Sevastia Panovici'' Image: Misu Popp - Femeia in albastru.jpg , ''Lady in blue'' Image: Misu Popp - Taranca italiana (Rugaciunea).jpg , ''Italian peasant woman praying'' Image: Misu Popp - Portretul mamei pictorului.jpg, ''Portrait of the painter's mother''

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