Georgios Jakobides Greek, 1852-1932

Private Collection, Athens

A student of Nikiforos Lytras (see lot 8) at the School of Fine Arts in Athens, Jakobides excelled in portraiture and genre painting. After completing his training in Greece he moved to Munich and studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. There he was influenced by the work of German artists such as Ludwig von Lofftz, Wilhelm Lindenschmidt and Gabriel von Max. According to Maria Katsanaki, ''During his residence in Munich, a period to which can be traced the influences of German impressionism on his work specifically in regard to the rendering of light and colour, he showed particular interest in genre painting, scenes from childhood, as well as the depiction of figures in the countryside. Upon his return to Greece he turned primarily to the execution of official portraits, still lifes and flower paintings" (Marina Lambraki Plaka ed., Four Centuries of Greek Painting, Athens, 1999, p. 661).