Ion Theodorescu-Sion [SEP] conflict
Romanian professional association.
As Romania entered World War I in 1916, Ion Theodorescu-Sion was forced to interrupt his work on the Constanța murals. Once drafted into the Romanian Land Forces, he returned to official and academic art: he was employed by Chief of Staff Dumitru Iliescu to depict the Romanian Armed Forces in action. Sion witnessed (and painted) the subsequent storming of the Romanian front by the Central Powers, and joined the exodus of Romanian soldiers and civil authorities into the eastern region of Moldavia. He was
Theodorescu
Theodorescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Cicerone Theodorescu (1908-1974), poet
- Dem. Theodorescu (1888-1946), journalist and critic
- George Theodorescu, dressage trainer
- Ion Theodorescu-Sion (1882-1939), painter
- Monica Theodorescu (1963-), German equestrian and dressage rider
- Răzvan Theodorescu (1939-), historian and politician
- Tudor Arghezi (1880-1967), born Ion N. Theodorescu, writer