The painter Corneliu Vasilescu was born into a family of intellectuals, his mother Alexandra Vasilescu, a drawing teacher, and his father, Nicolae Vasilescu, a lawyer.

In 1960, before enrolling at the “Nicolae Grigorescu” Institute of Fine Arts, he made his exhibition debut, within the interregional exhibition of the Union of Fine Artists, Iași branch.

He is noted as a good draftsman and colorist and thus, in 1968, he became a member of the Union of Fine Artists.Between 1968 and 1974 he attended the ' Nicolae Grigorescu' Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, painting department, Professor Gheorghe Șaru's class.

In 1973, a year before the completion of the " Nicolae Grigorescu"  Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, he participated, together with the painter Lucian Georgescu, in the Experiment at the Bearing Factory in Bârlad, executing 10 panels in order to visually improve a space of productive effort.

In 1974, after graduating from university, he participated in important exhibitions such as: ' Self-portrait in Romanian painting' organized at the Art Museum in Iasi and ' Portrait in Romanian contemporary art' organized at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Galati.

Between 1976-1979 he was a Museographer at the National Office for Documentation and Art Exhibitions.

Since 1983 he has been a visiting professor at the Hochschule in Darmstadt.

• 55x48 cm, 
• Graphics, 
• signed.