Nicola Jan Alexandrescu was one of the greatest Romanian painters, but unfortunately forgotten because of the unfavorable historical context. For decades, his paintings were not talked about, although they were well worth it. He painted on Sambata de Sus, attracted by the landscape, but also in Italy, to which he assigned dozens of works.
In 1906, Nicola Jan Alexandrescu graduated from the Conservatory of Iasi, Faculty of Fine Arts and began work on what today can be called a work. He was a mason, received in 1922 in the lodge led by Colonel Ulic, and from the first year he was made secretary of the Lodge. In the second year he becomes the treasurer of the Lodge, then he receives various functions that allow him access to more and more prestigious Lodges. He came into conflict with the legionaries and the Cuzists, criticizing their anti-Semitic attitude, and received, in those turbulent years, his specific shadow cone. Enter politics, on the left of Titel Petrescu and then in PMR. In 1944 he returned to Freemasonry, but in 1948 the Romanian Freemasonry officially fell asleep and he remained exposed to the communists. He loses his jobs, from the Ministry of Light Industry, then from a toy factory, and is forced to denounce himself, in order to escape with only two years in the Canal camp and one year in prison in Pitesti. He is re-employed, as a simple technician, at the same toy factory, and is the craftsman of bringing the first mold from Trajan's Column. I find him in the 60's as a journalist, correspondent for cultural magazines in Italy, but also as a formidable painter, author of over 30 personal exhibitions in Italy and Romania.
Alexandra's Gallery has one of the largest and most beautiful works signed by Nicola Jan Alexandrescu. You can find it in our album. Request it by email at office@alexandra-s.com and you will receive it for free.
