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Painter

Tamara Nina Arbore (8 October 1889, Tecuci – 7 March 1942, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter and illustrator, known for her still-lifes.

Her father, Zamfir and older sister, Ecaterina were both well-known political activists. She took her first art lessons from Nicolae Vermont while she was attending the public schools in Bucharest. In 1906, she enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where she studied with Friedrich Fehr [de] and Angelo Jank.[1] After completing her studies, she went to Paris, where she found a position in the studio of Henri Matisse.