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Greek, 1903-1984
Το Μαριάκι (little Mary)
oil on panel
signed and dated 1925 lower right
inscribed by the artist on the reverse: εξετέθη στην Εθνική Πινακοθήκη Αθηνών 1980 & στο Βαφοπούλειο Πνευματικό Κέντρο 1983 Θεσ/νικη. Πολύκλειτος Ρεγκος ….
bears a label from The National Gallery of Greece (numbered no 2 and titled) on the reverse
35 x 30 cm
Provenance
collection of Georgios M. Papailiakis
private collection, Paris (by descent)
Fauve Paris, Quelles Histoires !, 2 March 2015, lot 58
acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Polykleitos Rengos, The National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1980
Polykleitos Rengos, Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, 1983
Literature
Polykleitos Rengos, The National Gallery, Athens, 1980, page 33,
no 2, mentioned
Polykleitos Regos was born on the island of Naxos in 1903. In 1913 he moved to Thessaloniki with his family.
In 1920 he enrolled at The School of Fine Arts, Athens, where he studied painting under Spyros Vikatos Dimitrios Geraniotis, Georgios Jakobides, Georgios Roilos and Nikolaos Lytras.
In 1926 he visited Mount Athos for the first time. The landscape and art in Athos would influence his later work.
In 1930 he married painter Georgia Mandopoulou and the same year moved to Paris where they lived until 1935. There he attended painting classes at Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Colarossi. He also studied wood engraving with Demetrios Galanis.
In 1933 he returned to Mount Athos and in 1934 in Paris he published: Mont Athos, Gravures sur bois, with wood engravings and a preface by C. Diehl.
In 1935 he returned to Thessaloniki with his family.
He painted many subject matters and experimented with many techniques, merging different styles and traditions, as a result he is considered to be the most representative artist of the so-called 'Thessaloniki School'. Among his most famous paintings are Lavra Monastery (1935-40), Portrait of the Artist's Wife (1940-44), Greco's House at Toledo (1951-60), and Grigoriou Monastery on Athos (1971-80).
Regos exhibited his work in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad. His work can be found in: The National Gallery of Greece, The Municipal Gallery Athens, The Municipal Gallery Rhodes, The Leventis Gallery and many other public and private collections.
Το Μαριάκι (little Mary)is a work from the early period of the artist, 1925-1930, a time of apprenticeship and initial experimentation. Most of the portraits done at this time bear clear signs of the teachings of Nikolaos Lytras and influences of Byzantine art.
Rengos himself, when asked about his portraits, used to say: 'To do a portrait, a real portrait, there must be love or at least compassion'
Georgios M. Papailiakis (Crete,1883 – Thessaloniki,1943) was a lawyer, writer, bibliophile and collector of antiquities and works of art. He fought in the Balkan War and was married to Baroness Vera von Stein. He was the uncle of well known lawyer George A. Papailiakis (1914-1985) and brother of former mayor of Thessaloniki, Yannis Papailiakis. In 1947 and in 1974, his brother’s wife donated his collection of antiquities consisting of ancient coins, statues and jewellery to the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Georgios M. Papailiakis was a close friend of Greek artists: Polykleitos Regos, Michalis Economou and Alexander Barkoff.
In 1920 he enrolled at The School of Fine Arts, Athens, where he studied painting under Spyros Vikatos Dimitrios Geraniotis, Georgios Jakobides, Georgios Roilos and Nikolaos Lytras.
In 1926 he visited Mount Athos for the first time. The landscape and art in Athos would influence his later work.
In 1930 he married painter Georgia Mandopoulou and the same year moved to Paris where they lived until 1935. There he attended painting classes at Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Colarossi. He also studied wood engraving with Demetrios Galanis.
In 1933 he returned to Mount Athos and in 1934 in Paris he published: Mont Athos, Gravures sur bois, with wood engravings and a preface by C. Diehl.
In 1935 he returned to Thessaloniki with his family.
He painted many subject matters and experimented with many techniques, merging different styles and traditions, as a result he is considered to be the most representative artist of the so-called 'Thessaloniki School'. Among his most famous paintings are Lavra Monastery (1935-40), Portrait of the Artist's Wife (1940-44), Greco's House at Toledo (1951-60), and Grigoriou Monastery on Athos (1971-80).
Regos exhibited his work in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad. His work can be found in: The National Gallery of Greece, The Municipal Gallery Athens, The Municipal Gallery Rhodes, The Leventis Gallery and many other public and private collections.
Το Μαριάκι (little Mary)is a work from the early period of the artist, 1925-1930, a time of apprenticeship and initial experimentation. Most of the portraits done at this time bear clear signs of the teachings of Nikolaos Lytras and influences of Byzantine art.
Rengos himself, when asked about his portraits, used to say: 'To do a portrait, a real portrait, there must be love or at least compassion'
Georgios M. Papailiakis (Crete,1883 – Thessaloniki,1943) was a lawyer, writer, bibliophile and collector of antiquities and works of art. He fought in the Balkan War and was married to Baroness Vera von Stein. He was the uncle of well known lawyer George A. Papailiakis (1914-1985) and brother of former mayor of Thessaloniki, Yannis Papailiakis. In 1947 and in 1974, his brother’s wife donated his collection of antiquities consisting of ancient coins, statues and jewellery to the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Georgios M. Papailiakis was a close friend of Greek artists: Polykleitos Regos, Michalis Economou and Alexander Barkoff.
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