He was born on April 17th 1927 in the city of Bucharest . He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, qualifying as a painter-designer.

Florina Tomescu worked as a painter and costume designer for theater and film, debuting in the movie theater with costumes achievement Steps to the moon (1964). He worked on the costumes of a large number of fiction films, including The mill Luck (1955), Eruption (1957), Waves of the Danube (1960) Soimarestilor Nation (1965) and Mother (1977).