Product details

Art.No:

44409

Author / Artist:

Ghika - Stephen Spender Patrick Leigh Fermor

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture

Keyword:

Kunst - Monographien

Binding / Picture Size:

Kart. m. OU

Publisher:

Lund Humphries

Place of publishing:

London

Year of publication:

1964

Book Details / Size:

4°, 69 S. Text u. 111 tlw. farb. Taf.

Condition:

OU angeschmutzt u. randrissig, Deckel unsauber, innen tadellos.

Description:

Erstausgabe. Text engl. - Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (1906-1994) was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, International Association of Art Critics. He studied ancient and Byzantine art as well as folk art due to his adoration for the Greek landscape. During his youth he was exposed in Paris to the avant-garde European artistic trends and he gained recognition as the leading Greek cubist artist.His aim was to focus on the harmony and purity of Greek art and to deconstruct the Greek landscape and intense natural light into simple geometric shapes and interlocking planes. His works are featured in the National Gallery (Athens), the Musee d’ Art Moderne in Paris, the Tate Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of New York and in private collections worldwide.