 On the occasion, he hailed the Post-Impressionist French artists Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne as the models to follow.He was actively seeking to mend his split with Luchian, and, although he called the painter "inconsistent", again stated that he found him to be Romania's best young artist.After his return to Romania, Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești was still noted for his political activities, although these shifted to the background during his "Ileana" years.