after his return, tonitza painted frescos in several churches of moldavia and worked as an art teacher, and then, together with cezar petrescu, as editor of "iaşul" newspaper. he married ecaterina climescu in 1913. the art collector krikor zambaccian, whom tonitza befriended after 1925, indicated that, during its existence, "iaşul" sided with the conservative party, opposing romania's entry into world war i.