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Tassos STEPHANIDES
The agony of planet earth
signed and dated 86 lower right80 x 100 cm
Provenance
private collection, Nicosia
We are grateful to Mrs Marina Stephanides, daughter of the artist, for her assistance in cataloguing this work.
Estimate
2 500 / 3 500 €
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Notes
Stephanides was born in Nicosia in 1917 and graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in 1935. In his early age, in 1955, he published the anthology ?Anxieties? and in 1960 the novel ?The Son of the Waters?. He also published many poems and short-stories, and was involved in theatre, art and literary criticism. From 1959 until his death he devoted a large part of his life to painting.He was a founding member of Pancyprian Art-Lover?s Society, of EKATE and of the Cypriot Authors Company.His work can be found in many public and private collections in Cyprus. Notably at The State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Centre Foundation and The Limassol Municipal Gallery.