Octav Bancila (Romanian pronunciation: [ok'tav b?n't??il?]; 4 February 1872 – 3 April 1944) was a Romanian realist painter and left-wing activist.
He was the brother of Sofia Nadejde, a feminist journalist, and the brother-in-law of Ioan Nadejde (an atheist and socialist thinker, editor of the magazine Contemporanul).
Source: Mihai Poclo? ?i Hariton Clonaru: Octav Bancila - Catalog publicat cu ocazia expozi?iei organizata cu prilejul împlinirii a 100 de ani de la na?terea artistului sub egida Muzeului de Arta al României, a Consiliului Culturii ?i Educa?iei Socialiste ?i a Comitetului de Cultura ?i Educa?ie Socialista al Municipiului Bucure?ti, Bucure?ti, 1972 License: CC-PD-Mark PD-old-70-expired