
Pârvu Mutu (''Pârvu the Mute'', nickname of ''Pârvu Pârvescu''; 1657–1735) was a
Wallachian
Romanian muralist and church painter.
He was born in the town of
Câmpulung as the sixth son of the
Orthodox priest Ioan Pârvescu, and began his career as a church painter at the age of 12. He lived some 40 years in
Moldavia, returning to Wallachia in 1702. In 1718 he retired to the
Mărgineni Monastery Mărgineni may refer to one of several places in Romania:
* Mărgineni, Bacău
Mărgineni ( hu, Marzsinén) is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Barați (''Barát''), Luncani (''Lunkány''), M ...
, the place where he died.
Pârvu Mutu painted in
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
style the interiors of churches in Mărgineni,
Măgureni
Măgureni is a communes of Romania, commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cocorăștii Caplii, Lunca Prahovei and Măgureni. At the 2002 census, 6,630 inhabitants were counted, all but three of whom were R ...
,
Cotroceni,
Călineşti,
Aninoasa, Fiindenii Doamnei,
Colţea, Bordeşti,
Filipeştii de Pădure and the
Sfântul Gheorghe Nou church in Bucharest. Many of his works were commissioned by the
Cantacuzino family
The House of Cantacuzino (french: Cantacuzène) is a Romanian aristocratic family of Greek origin. The family gave a number of princes to Wallachia and Moldavia, and it claimed descent from a branch of the Byzantine Kantakouzenos family, specifica ...
.
He is mostly remembered for his portraits and his frescoes of church founders.
References
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1657 births
1735 deaths
Fresco painters
Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church
People from Câmpulung
Romanian muralists
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