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Lot 13
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Konstantinos Maleas, Greek 1879-1928

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Description

  • Konstantinos Maleas
  • landscape in the peloponise
  • signed and inscribed; titled on the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 32.5 by 35cm., 12¾ by 13¾in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Athens

Literature

Antonis Kotidis, Konstantinos Maleas, Athens, 2000, no. 188, pp. 243, 351 & 382, illustrated

Catalogue Note

Maleas studied with Henri Martin in Paris from 1901-1908. A fervent admirer of Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh, he would remain faithful to post-impressionist thinking throughout his career as a landscapist. His pivotal importance to Greek painting is ascribed to the assimilation of Pont-Aven Symbolism, the arabesque line and flattened space of Art Nouveau and the highly-keyed expressive palettes of Fauvism.

An authentication letter dated 29.03.83 by Fotinos Maleas, the artist's son, is attached to the reverse of the present work.