Lakers, Mihai Eminescu or for Caspar David Friedrich, Leopardi or Chateaubriand, but it was a propensity for the esoteric symbolist. On the other hand, it is also true that symbolism is somehow a form of romance. The artist's appetite for black and a dark color range, especially in its early stages, can be explained by his preference for the effects of the night. That is why the statement is revealing that being haunted by the mystery of black "...Petrașcu sometimes brings the brilliance of the precious color, I don't know how deaf, imperceptible goyish pleasure for the ugly". Because as Vasile Florea says "...and the ugly is also a romantic category, the classics simply not being able to conceive it. And with the abundance of black in his canvases, Petrașcu certainly remembers Goya. With one difference, however: while the Spanish painter is radiant in his youth, gradually darkening towards the age of old age – see some paintings in "Quinta del sordo" – with the exception of The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, his swan song, Petrașcu traverses the road in the opposite direction, that is, from darkness to light. And what a drama in this change of face!" In memoriam in Tecuci there is a Gymnasium School no. 2 is named in honor of Gheorghe Petrașcu; a street in Tecuci and one in Bucharest are named in honor of Gheorghe Petrașcu; a park in sector 3 of Bucharest is called in honor of artist, Gheorghe Petrașcu Park; The "Gheorghe Petrașcu" Biennial of Fine Arts Competition, which has a national character, was founded in 1992 in Târgoviște. The stated purpose of the biennial is to enrich the art collections of the local Art Museum. Thus, all the works that have been or will be awarded over the years automatically enter the patrimony of the Art Museum. In 1972, George Oprescu published Gheorghe Petrașcu – Homage album 100 years after his birth, Intreprinderea Poligrafică Arta Grafică, Bucharest. In 1972, on the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth, the National Gallery in Bucharest organized a retrospective exhibition with a selection of his works from major museums and collections in Romania, revealing the stylistic authenticity of a Romanian painter of some European value. The art galleries in Tecuci are named in the honor of the painter, the "Gheorghe Petrașcu" Art Galleries. Homage exhibition on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the birth of the