Gheorghe Petrașcu

Gheorghe Petrașcu ([ˈɡe̯orɡe peˈtraʃku]; 20 November 1872, Tecuci – 1 May 1949, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter. He won numerous prizes throughout his lifetime and had his paintings exhibited posthumously at the Paris International Exhibition and the Venice Biennale. He was the brother of N. Petrașcu, a literary critic and novelist.

In 1936, Petrașcu was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy.