Sterie Becu

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Sterie Becu was both an architect and a painter whose artistic practice bridged the structural rigour of architectural design and the lyrical sensibility of landscape painting. Trained within the academic tradition of the early twentieth century, he developed a refined visual language distinguished by compositional order and a restrained chromatic palette. His landscapes, frequently depicting the Romanian countryside or urban outskirts, convey an acute awareness of space, form and light, a sensitivity clearly rooted in his architectural discipline. Becu was a regular exhibitor at the Official Salons of Bucharest, where his works were recognised for their cultivated naturalism and for the subtle atmospheric gradations that replaced narrative intent. His canvases combined the academic concern for construction and proportion with a modern sense of tonal vibration, aligning his vision with that of painters such as Francisc Șirato or Nicolae Vermont, who likewise sought a balance between representation and emotion. Although less widely documented than many of his contemporaries, Sterie Becu’s dual vocation exemplifies a strand of interwar Romanian art that reconciled structure and sensitivity, geometry and light. His contribution remains relevant to an understanding of how architectural precision informed the pictorial modernity of his generation.