Mişu Teişanu (1884 - 1944) - Gypsy girl in the landscape

Mihai (Mişu) Teişanu was born in Brăila on November 29. 1883 (according to other sources in 1884) and studied painting at the Julian Academy in Paris, then a more liberal alternative to the École de Beaux-Arts. Julian accepted women to paint male nudes, for example, or even amateurs, but at the top of amateurism. Artists such as Alfons Mucha, Derain, Dubuffet, Matisse, and among the Romanians Ion Andreescu and Camil Ressu passed through this private academy. Mişu Teişanu died in 1944, after a family drama left its unsettling mark on both his life and his style. Mai bine rostuit social, cu cateva reusite exceptionale in grafica de reper cultural (mapa Eminescu – Luceafarul, volumul „Dupa melci”, de Ion Barbu, cartile de Basme ale Reginei Maria), bonomul si intrepidul custode al Muzeului Aman, conu’ Misu Teisanu, s-a specializat in pasteluri cu parfum oriental reprezentand mai toate „Femei pe divan”. Nu complet goale, doar cat sa li se simta disponibilitatile intru visare si lenevire erotica. La Paris, braileanul – ce stia de mic avantajele unui oras instarit – s-a dus sa se faca pictor in atelierele Academiei Julien, unde predau Bouguereau, Baschet si Toudouse, pictori la moda, cu a caror scolire romanul avea garantia unui mestesug de succes. Ce-i ciudat si absolut remarcabil in unele peisaje de tinerete ale lui Teisanu e duhul vienez al acestora. Daca nu stii ca a studiat in Franta, ai putea gandi ca a stat ani buni in preajma unor corifei ai Sezessionului austriac ori ai Jugendstilului munchenez. Unele vederi din natura in pastel si ulei au o ardenta si o puritate a trairii ce nu tin in nici un chip de nevoile spirituale ale lumii in care s-a format.
Misu Teisanu is forgotten as a good painter and remembered only as a welcoming painter for a wealthy and superficial public.
In preparing the june artist, many teachers insist on mastery issues. Those who insist on the question of the vault of any creative life - What kind of painter do I want to become? - they are few. In the absence of a convincing verb, they prefer to argue the virtues of a path through their own work, through their relationship with society and the main concerns of the time. It is said that you have to find your own way, but, absolutizing this urge, would mean minimizing the role of aesthetic learning. A cultured painter makes superior spiritual reports. Misu Teisanu had an instinct as an artist-painter, but everything he left as a work, after living a good life and becoming a fan of wealthy circles with minor cultural concerns, shows that he did not have a history teacher. good art. Or that he didn't believe in what he learned.
Misu Teisanu a fost exact artistul ce-a voit sa fie. Foarte multumit cu ce-i iesea de sub penel, n-a suferit niciodata fiindca n-a indraznit sa doreasca mai mult. Un negustor de arta mi-a explicat ce-i aceea stationare negativa. Cand toti vor mai mult si tu ramai egal in castig, stationarea e, de fapt, cadere. Ca majoritatea confratilor care au studiat la Paris, Misu Teisanu nu a dorit sa ajunga un pictor la fel de vestit ca marii artisti ai Frantei, ci sa se intoarca in tara si sa conteze intre primii la Bucuresti. Teisanu nu-i un uitat. In comparatie cu atatia contemporani carora nu reusim sa le reconstituim biografia, nici sa le vedem tablourile, el e un pictor cu lucrari circulate. Prestigiul, de care se bucura mapa cu ilustratii la „Luceafarul”, se rasfrange nemeritat asupra intregului stoc de pasteluri inchipuind dormitoare cu cuconite rasfatate de viata. Cine cumpara insa uleiuri semnate de Teisanu din anii 1910-1920 descopera un artist adevarat, un perfectionist pe suprafete mici, cu amintirea inca vie a unor maestri europeni de cea mai aleasa conditie.