Lot 28

Spyros Vasiliou
Estimation: 7000-8000 €

Winning Bid: 2.400,00

Dimensions: 41 × 50 cm

Technique: Acrylic on canvas attached on paper with gold leaves
Title: “Spoon sweet and the boat”
Dated: 1977
Signed: Lower right
Accompanied with certificate of authenticity from atelier Spyros Vasiliou

He was born in 1903 in Galaxidi . He studied in Athens with a scholarship, at the School of Fine Arts of the National Technical University of Athens, from 1921 to 1926 with Kaloudi and Lytra as teachers. He began to present his works in exhibitions immediately after his graduation. Vassilios made his first solo exhibition in 1929 at the Stratigopoulou Gallery. In 1930 he won the Benaki Prize of the Academy of Athens for the drawings of the frescoes of the church of Agios Dionysios of Areopagitos in Kolonaki. With the prize money he makes his first trip to Europe, where he had the opportunity to visit museums and collections. The hagiography of Agios Dionysios took place between 1936 and 1939. He was a member of the artistic groups Art and Level and the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece , participated in international exhibitions, the Venice Biennale (1934, 1964), the Alexandria in 1957 and the Sao Paulo in 1959 while his works were presented in Detroit in 1955 and in 1960 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (for his work “Lights and Shadows” in particular, he then won the Guggenheim Prize of the Greek section of AICA). Works of the Kingdom are found in many public and private collections in Greece and abroad. The works of Alexandros Soutzos in the National Gallery-Museum represent the different decades of his work. At the National Gallery, Vassiliou held a retrospective exhibition in 1975 and presented an exhibition based on his work in 1983. Spyros Vassiliou taught at the Papastratio School and later at the Athenian Institute of Technology. He was a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece.

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Bidder Name Bidding Time Bid Auto
m**********a January 24, 2021 21:29 2.400,00
Auction started January 22, 2021 19:00