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Nude, 1955

Nude, 1955
Nude, 1955
Artist
Theodoropoulos Angelos
( Athens 1883 - 1965)
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Theodoropoulos Angelos
( Athens 1883 - 1965)

A painter and print-maker. He studied painting at the School of  Fine Arts in Athens, and print-making from 1900 to 1914 under professor N. Ferbos. He was self- taught in woodcut techniques.

He continued his studies after 1919 in England, France and Italy. From 1905-10 to 1922  he worked as a newspaper and magazine illustrator, signing his woodcuts and cartoons with the pseudonym Th. Angel  or Th. Devil (1905 - 1910).

He became involved with advertising at GEO, one of the first advertising companies to operate in Greece, where he was appointed director in 1919. Theodoropoulos used a variety of engraving techniques, usually preferring the woodcut. His compositions of the woods of Attica are impressive, as are his still life compositions, skilfully executed in a Cubist mode.

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Υλικό
Soft ground etching
Dimensions
29,7X20,5
Source
Gift of Dimitrios D. Tsamis
Description
One of a series of nudes made in 1955, when Theodoropoulos was eploring the potential of the soft ground etching technique. The surface texture arising from the use of thw soft varnish resembles that of a drawing in crayon, and the use of a colour rahter like red chalkgives a finish suggestive of a drawing or a lithograph.