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Konstantinos Maleas
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description
- Konstantinos Maleas
- greek monastery
- signed lower right
- oil on canvas
- 46 by 54.5cm., 18 by 21½in.
Provenance
Private Collection, Paris
Exhibited
Chania, Municipal Art Gallery, Greek Art of the 20th Century, September-November 2007
Literature
Olga Metzafou-Polyzou, Greek Art of the 20th Century, Athens, 2007, pp. 36-37, illustrated
Catalogue Note
The so-called 'Thirties Generation' - comprising such modernists as Maleas, Nicholaos Lytras, Spyros Papaloukas and Constantinos Parthenis - represented a reaction against conservative currents in painting and the institutions that fostered them. Most were members of the Omas Techni, a group that mounted the first Secessionist exhibition in Greek art in 1917.
Maleas studied with Henri Martin in Paris from 1901-1908. A fervent admirer of van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne, he would remain faithful to post-impressionist thinking throughout his career. His pivotal importance in 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.
Maleas studied with Henri Martin in Paris from 1901-1908. A fervent admirer of van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne, he would remain faithful to post-impressionist thinking throughout his career. His pivotal importance in 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.