Natalia Dumitrescu

Born in Bucharest in 1915, Natalia Dumitrescu graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. Her marriage to Romanian painter Alexandre Istrati solidified their status as a prominent couple in the art world. In 1947, Dumitrescu and Istrati moved to Paris, where they worked in Constantin Brâncuși's studio and where they are buried together in Montparnasse Cemetery. Their relationship with Brâncuși was essential for Dumitrescu's recognition, contributing to the publication of her monograph in 1986 and her integration into the Réalités Nouvelles group after World War II.

Profoundly influenced by Wassily Kandinsky, Dumitrescu adopted a distinctive style, creating abstract forms using colored squares on canvas. In 1955, she was honored with the Kandinsky Prize for her work. Although initially limited to using black and white in Romania, the austerity of her style remained constant even after adopting color theory, continuing to explore geometric modulations of squares, grids, rectangles, and rhombuses in her works.