Sava Henția

Sava Henția studied at Bucharest National University of Arts and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Theodor Aman, Gheorghe Tattarescu and Alexandre Cabanel is recorded. Leon Biju is recorded as having studied under Sava Henția. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bucharest. Work by Sava Henția is recorded in the collections of Brukenthal National Museum.

• Name — Sava Henția • Born — 1 February 1848 • Birthplace — Sebeșel • Died — 21 February 1904 • Known for — Painting, illustration, mural • Education — * Bucharest National University of Arts • Académie des Beaux-Arts • Training — Theodor Aman, Gheorghe Tattarescu, Alexander Cabanel • Movement — Realism

He was one of fourteen surviving children of a priest. In 1862, after finishing his primary education, he was apprenticed to an uncle, who taught him how to retouch photographs. The following year, he caught typhoid fever and the quinine that was used to treat it damaged his hearing. His work with photographs encouraged him to pursue a career in art. From 1865 to 1870, he studied at the Bucharest National University of Arts with Gheorghe Tattarescu and Theodor Aman. He was then able to obtain a scholarship and went to Paris, where he enrolled at the Académie des Beaux-Arts and found a position in the prestigious workshop of Alexandre Cabanel. In 1873, he returned to Bucharest and became a teacher of drawing and calligraphy at the "Elena Doamna" orphan asylum. Four years later, on the recommendation of Doctor Carol Davila, he became a correspondent with the Army ambulance corps and participated in the Russo-Turkish War (War of Independence), sketching numerous scenes of campaigns and battles, many of which he later made into watercolors. His painting of an artillery battery from Calafat was used on a one Leu postage stamp in 1977. After the war, he worked as a teacher, interior decorator and book illustrator. Between 1901 and 1902, he was one of the artists commissioned to restore the murals and altarpieces at the Brebu Monastery. At the Cernica Monastery, he produced portraits of that institution's founders. His home in Sebeș became an historical monument. It was not properly maintained, however, and the roof collapsed in 2001. After further deterioration, all that remained was the front wall and foundation. It was later taken off the list of historical monuments. A street in Bucharest is named after him.

Sava Henția is recorded with the occupation art educator. Recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded with the occupation muralist. Recorded with the occupation painter. Classed in the genre portrait. Recorded as painter, muralist, illustrator and art educator.