Collection's title

Chapel, 1989

Chapel, 1989
Chapel, 1989
Artist
Papanakos Panos-Ioannis
(Thessaloniki 1930 - Athens 1999)
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Papanakos Panos-Ioannis
(Thessaloniki 1930 - Athens 1999)

A doctor by profession, Papanakos could be described as self-taught, since he only occasionally took lessons in painting from Polykleitos Rengos during his time in high school, while he was influenced by Nikos-Gavriil Pentzikis and Nikos Photakis. His subject-matter includes chapels, barracks, veterans of the Macedonia campaign, clergy, labouring men, and landscapes. In his works, usually of small dimensions, his feelings - whatever moved him, his love for man and his environment - are recorded lyrically and expressionistically, in a style which is reminiscent of children's drawings and the Naifs. In colours which are either bright or dark and dull, on well organised surfaces with clear outlines and sometimes with swift brush-strokes, and with a marked movement and rotation, he releases his strongly felt inner self, on occasion resorting to distortion.

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Dimensions
11,6X10,5
Source
Gift of the Board for the Disposition of the Work of P.Papanakos
Description
In Papanakos's works, usually of small dimensions, his feelings - whatever moved him, his love for man and his environment - are recorded lyrically and expressionistically, in a style which is reminiscent of children's drawings and the Naifs. In colours which are either bright or dark and dull, on well organised surfaces with clear outlines and sometimes with swift brush-strokes, and with a marked movement and rotation, he releases his strongly felt inner self, on occasion resorting to distortion. In Chapel, the small church is sparingly rendered with rugged brush-strokes, and the mountain slope occupies half the picture.