Alexander Bogdan-Pitesti ( rum. Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești ; at birth - Alexander Bogdan ; June 13, 1870, Pitesti - May 12, 1922, Bucharest ) is a Romanian poet - symbolist , publicist , art and literary critic . He was also known as a journalist and left-wing political agitator. A wealthy landowner, he was engaged in charity work, becoming a well-known philanthropist and art collector. He was one of the main Romanian propagandists of contemporary art , and was also the sponsor of the Romanian symbolist movement. Together with other post-impressionist figures and symbolists, Bogdan-Pitesti founded Societatea Ileana , which became one of the first Romanian organizations dedicated to promoting the avant-garde and independent art. He was also known for his friendship with writers Joris Karl Güismans , Alexander Macedonski , Tudor Argezi and , and he was the sponsor of many other cultural figures, in particular the artists Stefan Lukyan , Konstantin Artachino and Nicolae Vermont. In addition to his literary and political activities, Alexander Bogdan-Pitesti was also a painter and graphic artist.
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Most of the controversial political career of Bogdan-Pitesti, in connection with his support of anarchism , was devoted to activism and support for the revolution.
Bogdan-Pitesti was also interested in occultism and maintained close contacts with Joseph Peladan , sponsored his trip to Bucharest (1898). He was repeatedly arrested by the authorities, including for incitement to rebellion during the 1899 election, and was later found guilty of blackmailing banker Aristide Blank.
At the end of his life, Bogdan-Pitesti published the daily Germanophile newspaper Seara , and also led the literary and political circle, which opposed the participation of Romania in the First World War on the side of the Entente . He was arrested for the last time after the end of the war, by which time he managed to become an object of public hatred. Riddles and contradictions in the career of Bogdan-Pitesti are still of interest to many art and literature historians.
Literature
- Lucian Boia, "Germanofilii". Elita intelectuală românească în anii Primului Război Mondial , Humanitas, Bucharest, 2010. ISBN 978-973-50-2635-6
- Paul Cernat, Avangarda românească și complexul periferiei: primul val , Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 2007. ISBN 978-973-23-1911-6
- Banerban Cioculescu, Caragialiana , Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1974. OCLC 6890267
- (rum.) Gabriela Rus, Ștefan Luchian în evocările contemporane lui. Relația artistului cu Virgil Cioflec ” , in the Babeș-Bolyai University Historia Artium LIII , 1, 2008, p. 77-95
- Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, Mișcarea artistică oficială în România secolului al XIX-lea , Noi Media Print, Bucharest, 2008. ISBN 978-973-180-518-4
- Ionel Jianu, Petru Comarnescu, Ștefan Luchian , Editura de stat pentru literatură și artă, Bucharest, 1956. OCLC 229894980
- Jacques Lassaigne, Theodor Enescu, Ștefan Luchian , Editura Meridiane, Bucharest, 1972. OCLC 8359286
- Angelo Mitchievici, Decadență și decadentism în contextul modernității românești și europene , Editura Curtea Veche, Bucharest, 2011. ISBN 978-606-588-133-4
- (rum.) Carmen Patricia Reneti, "Relații româno-germane în anul 1914" , in Revista de Istorie Militară , Nr. 1-2 / 2010, p. 30-39
- Ion Rusu Abrudeanu, România și războiul mondial: contribuțiuni la studiul istoriei războiului nostru , Editura Socec, Bucharest, 1921
- Corina Teacă, “ Fin de siècle Biographies: Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești” , in Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art. Série Beaux-arts , Vol. XLVIII, 2011, p. 51-58
- Tudor Vianu, Scriitori români , Vol. II, Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1970. OCLC 7431692