Michalis Economou

Henoch Zwirblanski, Paris (acquired from the artist); thence by descent to the present owner, son-in-law of the above

'All the subjects of Economou's work are taken from nature. In his earliest paintings - landscapes mainly from the South of France but also from Greece - the weathered walls of the houses and mills, the arches of the old bridges and the rocks are "structured" with dull or greyish tones, splashed uninhibitedly but with a masterful touch on card, linen or canvas, sometimes almost sculpted, at other times as if wiped smooth' (Aphrodite Kouria, 'Michalis Economou: An Individualistic Interpreter of Greek Landscapes', Zygos, Athens, 1983, p. 44).