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The beginnings of the study of the Romanian rural world are linked to the name of Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș, a folklorist, ethnologist, art historian, professor of art history at the universities of Bucharest and Cernăuți and father of Romanian museography. But he is also a name that entered the history of Romanian photography, a passion he used to immortalize the world of the village, which was given less attention compared to urban life. In order to present the public with his photographic work, the Library of the Romanian Academy organized an exhibition titled "Oltenia a century ago in the photographs of Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș". The collection of the mentioned institution today holds approximately 4,000 photographs and 1,000 films authored by the famous ethnologist.
Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș was born in Bucharest in 1872 and, according to rumors, he was the illegitimate son of King Carol I. A Germanophile, he studied phi ....