The Orthodox Bishop of Buzău, Chesarie Căpățână, helped him obtain a scholarship in Rome, where he was taught by professors from the Accademia di San Luca.

After the revolution, he painted portraits of Romanian revolutionaries in exile such as Gheorghe Magheru, Ştefan Golescu, and, in 1851, that of Nicolae Bălcescu (in three almost identical versions).

[1] In 1860, being commissioned to draw up a National Album of sights and historical monuments of the country, his talent of painting vaguely Romantic landscapes became highly valued.

111–136 Elena Ene D(raghici)-Vasilescu, Between Tradition and Modernity: Icons and Iconographers in Romania, Saarbrücken: VDM (Verlag Dr. Müller), 2009; in English; chapter IV is dedicated to Gheorghe Tattarescu; pp.

111-136 Elena Ene D(răghici)-Vasilescu, Between Tradition and Modernity: Icons and Iconographers in Romania, Saarbrücken: VDM (Verlag Dr. Müller), 2009; in English; chapter IV is dedicated to Gheorghe Tattarescu; pp.