Demetrios Galanis

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Demetrios Galanis (

, and Picasso.

By the early 1920s Galanis was famous in France and preparing for shows in Brussels, London, and New York. In 1920–21 he frequently exhibited in Paris and in 1922 his first one-man exhibition received the enthusiastic critical response that established his reputation. Seated Nude was among the pictures exhibited, and in an introduction to the exhibition André Malraux described the artist's work as "having the power to stir emotions equivalent to that of Giotto."

This show established Galanis’s reputation as a painter and confirmed the favourable opinions already expressed on the quality of his work. Critics of his time paid much more attention to his figurative work than his landscapes, confirming the well-established view that Galanis’s first and foremost concern was his love for the human form.

Galanis received greater critical acclaim abroad in his lifetime than any other Greek modern artist of the early 20th century. The French state honoured him with the highest distinctions: full professor at the

.

Having moved to Paris in 1900, living in

, then reprinted unsigned volumes.

The most significant collection of Galanis's work is held in the

. His famous Seated Nude sold at auction for $221,860 in May 2006.

Sources 1.Galanis. "EI" Magazine of European Art Center (EUARCE) of Greece, 13st issue 1996, p. 14&30-31 (The strong ties of friendship that bound poet Yannis Koutsoheras are vividly described in an old text by the former, published in this issue for the first time)

External links

• Artnet.com page