creating larger-scale works. In 1889 his work was featured in the Universal Exhibition in Paris and at the Romanian Atheneum. Centerpiece exhibits took place at the Romanian Atheneum would follow in 1891, 1895, 1897, 1902, and 1905. From 1879 to 1890 he worked in France, especially in Vitré, Brittany, and in his workshop in Paris. In 1890 he settled in Câmpina and started depicting pastoral themes, especially portraits of peasant girls, pictures of ox carts on dusty country roads and other landscapes. He was named honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 1899. At the time of his death, Grigorescu had been working on his Întoarcerea de la bâlci (The Return from the Fair). His house in Câmpina opened as the Nicolae Grigorescu Memorial Museum in 1957. Works External links Paintings at Zeno.org 1838 births 1907 deaths People from Dâmbovița County Honorary members of the Romanian Academy Romanian muralists Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church Romanian painters Romanian Impressionist painters Romanian people of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) 19th-century war artists Romanian war artists