Ion Theodorescu-Sion - Muzăul lui Conu Iancu, Furnica 18 feb 1910, Ion Theodorescu-Sion, 18 February 1910

Caricature in furnica, the romanian satirical magazine, showing art collector ioan "iancu" kalinderu welcoming novelist and socialite maica smara in his incipient bucharest museum of art. Both of them were favorite figures of ridicule in furnica, owing to their snobbery; here, kalinderu is shown displaying canvasses by costin petrescu (the caricature of kalinderu and smara's patron king carol i, in the background) and arthur verona. In the original caption smara asks to see pictori flamanzi ("flemish painters"), and kalinderu answers that all those on display are pictori flămânzi ("starving painters"). Date: 18 February 1910.