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Spyros Papaloukas
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description
- Spyros Papaloukas
- Monastery of Iviron, Mount Athos
signed in Greek lower right
- oil on board
- 55 by 47cm., 21¾ by 18½in.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Mina Papaloukas, the artist's daughter
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Mina Papaloukas, the artist's daughter
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Manos Kambanis & Agrotiki Pinakothinki, Spyros Papaloukas, Mount Athos, 2003, no. 72, illustrated (with incorrect measurments)
Catalogue Note
The present work is a rich example of Papaloukas' finest works from his 'Mount Athos period'. Having initially trained as an apprentice to an icon painter, Papaloukas travelled to Mount Athos with his roommate in Paris, the artist Fotis Kontoglou, in 1923. The aim of Papaloukas' trip into the wilds of nature was to recover from his experiences as a war artist in the Greek army during the Asia Minor campaign, to further his studies of Byzantine iconography, and to paint the local scenery.