Muzeul Nicolae Grigorescu

The Nicolae Grigorescu Memorial Museum in Câmpina, Prahova County, is the house where the great Romanian painter spent the last years of his life and where he died, in 1907. Nicolae Grigorescu, the founder of modern Romanian painting and the first of our great painters, built himself here, in a quiet quarter of the town, a residence-studio where he worked without pause. The house, turned into a museum, keeps the intimate atmosphere of the artist's home, with the furniture, the personal objects and, above all, original works that illustrate his world: peasant women with pitchers, ox carts, sunlit landscapes, portraits and scenes from the War of Independence, which he took part in as a front-line painter.

Though part of the heritage has suffered over time, the museum remains an essential place for understanding the work of Romania's best-loved painter. Practical note: check the visiting hours and combine the stop with the other cultural sights of Câmpina.