Early Portrait and Genre Photography in Romania

Portraiture becoming fashionable in Rumania starting in the
18th. century, being done first by itinerant painters and later
photographers. The author concentrates on the early Romanian
masters (identifying themselves often as ""painter and
photographer''): Theodor Aman, W. Wollenteit, Ludwig Angerer
(Austrian), Carol Szathmári, Franz Duschek, A.D. Reiser and H.
Leon. Apart from portraiture, these photographers also did
""photojournalistic'' and ""genre'' work. The Oriental War,
1877-78 is covered by Duschek and Szathmári (earlier active in
the Crimean War, 1853-56).
Fine Arts Institute, Bucarest
Museum of History and Art of the City of Bucharest, RO