Elie Cristo-Loveanu | |
Nationality: | Romanian |
Occupation: | Artist |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1893 |
Birth Place: | Turnu Măgurele, Romania |
Death Place: | New York, New York, United States |
Elie Cristo-Loveanu (27 July 1893 - 28 April 1964) was a Romanian-born artist and educator who moved to the United States in 1922.[1] His work was part of the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2] Cristo-Loveanu became adjunct professor of Romance Languages at Columbia University in 1942 and Columbia had commissioned him in 1950 to do a portrait painting of Dwight David Eisenhower, who was then the president of the university.[3]