Reading preast, 1917

The work Priest Reading, of 1917, is a genre painting work influenced by the doctrines of his teacher Georgios Iakovidis. In the interior of a room flooded with light which enters from the window, an aged priest sits next to a table covered with books, while on the other side of it a young man in a cassock stands upright. Both of them are absorbed in the reading of the books which they hold in their hands. The work exudes peace and calm, which the artist has succeeded in rendering by the warm lyrical shades of the colours.