Zamfir Dumitrescu was born on 15th April 1946 in Bucharest, Romania, to a family of intelectuals. His parents lived at the time on Caimatei Street, in an old part of the town, not far from the University of Bucharest. They later moved to Cotroceni, not far from the Opera House, where the artist lives to this day. His mother, Margareta (born Eckert), was half austrian (by...