Collection's title
Nude, 1942
Nude, 1942
Artist
Yiannoukakis Dimitris
(Εrmoupolis Syros 1898- Athens 1991)
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Yiannoukakis Dimitris
(Εrmoupolis Syros 1898- Athens 1991)
A painter and print-maker. He was a pupil of the painter Nikolaos Lytras, continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden under F. Dorsch for painting and R. Muller for print-making (1918 - 1926), and at various independent Academies in Paris (1926 - 1927).
When he returned to Greece, he became the artistic director of the K. G. Aspiotis lithographic company in Corfu (1930 - 1933). He also did book illustrations and prints for postage stamps. Yiannoukakis assimilated realistic, Expressionist and Cubist influences into his work with creativity. He used a combination of printing techniques in a very individual way, and may have been the first print-maker in Greece to use unconventional colour in his engravings.
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Υλικό
Burin
Dimensions
16,5X14,5
Source
Gift of Dimitrios D. Tsamis
Description
Nude, of 1942, engraved during the Occupation, is a proof and the only print of this composition. The plate was destroyed; in 1948, when Giannoukakis engraved a related composition with certain variations, he printed only three copies. The fact that this is one of his first attempts to render the female body reveals certain weaknesses in the chiaroscuro with its fine and criss-crossed lineation.
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