# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-oprescu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:30:22.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-oprescu"
name: "George Oprescu"
slug: "george-oprescu"
description: "George Oprescu was a Romanian historian, art critic and collector. Born into a poor family, he developed a taste for the fine arts early in life, as well as for the French language, which he taught into his forties. Subsequently, working for the League of Nations, he turned his attention to art history, becoming a professor in the field at the University of Bucharest in 1931. He was also a museum curator and magazine editor, and in 1949 established the Institute of Art History, which he led for two decades until his death. His substantial private collection is now in the hands of various institutions, while his written body of work helped lay the foundation for art history to become a serious discipline in his country."
tagline: "Romanian art historian (1881-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Oprescu_1981.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1881-11-27"
deathDate: "1969-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469762666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Oprescu"
    title: "George Oprescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "جورج اوبريسكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Oprescu"
    title: "George Oprescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5"
    title: "Опреску, Джордже"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Oprescu"
    title: "George Oprescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Oprescu"
    title: "George Oprescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101812"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump