The bust of Alexandru Vlahuță is made in marble by the sculptor Oscar Han. Placed in 1943, it is one of the twelve busts in the Rondul Roman (Writers’ Rotunda) in Cișmigiu Garden.
Other works by Oscar Han in Bucharest: Mihail Kogălniceanu’s statue erected in 1936 in Mihail Kogălniceanu Square, Constantin Brâncoveanu’s statue in the courtyard of St. Gheoghe-Nou church in Bucharest, where the ruler is buried. Other of his works can be found in the Minulescu – Claudia Millian Memorial House, at the National Art Museum of Romania, at the Zambaccian Museum, where the work Arcașul is exhibited.
Who was Alexandru Vlahuță?
Prose writer, publicist and poet, Alexandru Vlahuță (1858 – 1919) is known especially for his work Romania picturesque.
In Picturesque Romania, Vlahuță deciphers the traces of the past in the ruins of fortresses and in popular legends, presents with a sense of national pride the beauties of the country and the multitude of moral qualities of its inhabitants.
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