Nikolaos Lytras
Nikolaos Lytras ( Greek Νικόλαος Λύτρας ; born May 11, 1883 in Athens ; † 1927 ibid) was an important Greek painter at the beginning of the 20th century .
Life
Like his father Nikiforos Lytras , Nikolaos studied painting at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts . Unlike his father, however, he was more open to the artistic currents of the time and thus became a link between the romantic realism of the 19th century and modern art of the 20th century.
In 1917, together with Konstantinos Parthenis , Perikles Byzantios , Theophrastos Triantaphyllides and Lykourgos Kogebinas, he founded an artist group that had set itself the goal of overcoming the burden of academic painting . The exhibitions of this group in 1917, 1918 and 1928 brought the style of French painting to Greece.
In 1923 Lytras was together with Parthenis a candidate for taking over the management of the painting faculty at the Athens School of Fine Arts . Ultimately, Lytras was entrusted with the management of the faculty, with the result that, as the son of Nikiforos Lytras, he was accused of representing the so-called Munich School of Painting , which was considered outdated. However, this was not accepted by contemporary art critics. Lytras is not regarded as a representative of the academic realism of the 19th century, but more modern as the fellow candidate Parthenis. He introduced expressionism in Greece with his special style and color compositions . His landscapes and portraits are in no way inferior to other European Expressionists.
literature
- Αφροδίτη Κούρια: Νίκος Λύτρας: χτίζοντας με το χρώμα και το φως. Εθνική Πινακοθήκη, Μουσείο Αλεξάνδρου Σούτζου, Αθήνα 2008, ISBN 978-960-201-191-1 (Greek, published by the National Gallery (Athens) ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lytras, Nikolaos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Λύτρας, Νικόλαος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1927 |
| Place of death | Athens |