Collection's title

Paris, 1951

Paris, 1951
Paris, 1951
Artist
Vyzantios Dikos
(Constantinos) (Athens 1924 - Paris 2007)
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Vyzantios Dikos
(Constantinos) (Athens 1924 - Paris 2007)

The son of the painter Periklis Vyzantios, Dikos, following his studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts, continued his training in Paris at the École des Beaux Arts and at the Julian and Grande Chaumière independent academies. From the earliest years after he took up residence in the French capital, in 1946, he got to know the young Galanis and associated with artists and intellectuals such as Giacometti, Christian Zervos, and Ionesco.Later, he advanced towards the dissolution of the colour feeling, acceding to an abstract expressionism, whereas in the 1970s he returned to representational painting with black-and-white drawings in which hosts of people are crushed into their urban environment. From 1980, he created works imbued with a deep thoughtfulness, analysing the problem of the human form through its psychological behaviour and interpersonal relations.

 

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Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
26X45
Source
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Description
In his landscape Paris, dated 1951, from the early years of his residence there, influences in terms of colour and light from French Impressionism can be traced. The horizon is bounded by lofty trees, beneath which flowers and benches, with a marked human presence, show that this is one of the parks of the French capital. As in his best-known works, in this too the artist distances himself from the objects and sees the picture ab initio, thus creating an impression in colour which fills the work.