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Constantinos Volanakis Greek, 1837-1907
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Description
- Constantinos Volanakis
- collecting the nets
- signed l.l.
- oil on canvas
- 40.5 by 70cm., 16 by 27.1/2 in.
Provenance
Private Collection, Romania
Catalogue Note
Volanakis was one of the most representative and distinguished figures of Greek 19th Century painting, thanks to his choice of subject matter and his attempt to combine features of traditional European art with some new trends of his age (see also notes to lots 12 & 24).
Volanakis established a kind of dialogue between the various components of his compositions - between sea and land, hard and soft forms, cool and warm colours, and between reality and poetry. The flawless technique, attention to detail and chromatic iridescence of the present work are particularly striking, and typical of the paintings that Volanakis painted during his Greek period. As Elli Kaplani-Kokkini pointed out: ''During his Greek period it was the nature of the place itself, and particularly the peculiar limpidity of the Mediterranean light that influenced the rendering of these subjects. This is seen in the tonality of the light, the clear colours and the realistic brushwork that signals his interpretation with perfect clarity.'' (Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Volanakis (1837-1907), Thessaloniki, 2003, p. 69).
Volanakis established a kind of dialogue between the various components of his compositions - between sea and land, hard and soft forms, cool and warm colours, and between reality and poetry. The flawless technique, attention to detail and chromatic iridescence of the present work are particularly striking, and typical of the paintings that Volanakis painted during his Greek period. As Elli Kaplani-Kokkini pointed out: ''During his Greek period it was the nature of the place itself, and particularly the peculiar limpidity of the Mediterranean light that influenced the rendering of these subjects. This is seen in the tonality of the light, the clear colours and the realistic brushwork that signals his interpretation with perfect clarity.'' (Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Volanakis (1837-1907), Thessaloniki, 2003, p. 69).