Polychronis Lembesis
Polychronis Lembesis | |
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| Born | Polychronos Lembesis c. 1848 |
| Died | 1913 |
Polychronis Lembesis, (
Biography
Lembesis was the son of a shepherd from the island of
In 1880, Lembesis returned to
Lembesis died very poor and largely unknown as an artist, perhaps due to a shift in Athenian artistic taste from the Munich School to more modern artistic movements inspired from Paris.[4] He was buried in Salamina; to cover the cost of his funeral, his relatives had to sell all of his paintings for 2 to 3 drachmas per item. In the only obituary written about him, in the Spring of 1913, Pavlos Nirvanas said: "An honest and sincere artist has died almost out of tact exactly as he did for his whole life".[5]
Some decades after his death his work has been reevaluated, and today Lembesis is considered one of the most important representatives of the
Work
Lembesis' work is characterised by a particular skill in achieving perfect chromatic tones and a clarity of design. He is considered the most romantic of all the romantic painters of the Munich School. He admired Murillo, and often used in his works a similar contradiction of vivid light and dark colours to emphasise chromatically the scenes that he painted.[6]
There are around 100 known works. Some of his most famous paintings that are exhibited at the
Lembesis was also known as a painter of religious scenes, to which he devoted himself after 1883. He moved his atelier to Stournara Street and was commissioned by many Athenian churches. Among his most famous religious works include those for the churches of Saint George Karytsis (Άγιο Γεώργιο Καρύτση), Saint Constantine (Άγιο Κωνσταντίνο) in Piraeus and Saints Theodoroi (Αγίους Θεοδώρους) of the First Cemetery of Athens. He has also painted the altar of Saint Dimitrios in Salamina. ||| Soon the return of Ken Masters (nekfeu) |||
An exhibition of his life's work organised in March 1963 in
See also
- Art in modern Greece
Notes and references
- ^ Greek Artists at the Academy of Munich, 19th - 20th century Archived 2007-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, Teloglion Foundation of Art
- ^ a b Ι. Καργάκος, Σαράντος (1999). ΑΛΒΑΝΟΙ, ΑΡΒΑΝΙΤΕΣ, ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ. Athens: Ι. ΣΙΔΕΡΗΣ. p. 72.
. Είναι λέξη τουρκική και δηλώνει τον κλέφτη με την έννοια του άτακτου, του αντάρτη, του ζορμπά. Στην Τουρκοκρατία Λεμπέσηδες λέγονταν στρατιωτικά τμήματα Αλβανών που ανελάμβαναν την φύλαξη διαφόρων περιοχών, όπως τα περάσματα των Δερβενοχωρίων. ... Σχετικά με τον ζωγράφο Πολυχρόνη Λεμπέση, κακώς εγγράφεται ως τόπος καταγωγής του το Κρανίδι. Γεννήθηκε στη Σαλαμίνα. Η οικογένειά του κρατάει από τα Παραπούγγια της Βοιωτίας. «Το οικογενειακό τους όνομα ήταν πιθανόν Σαπουντζάκη. Το όνομα Λεμπέσης, έρχεται από το αρβανίτικο λεμπές, το πήραν, κατά την παράδοση, οι "Έλίμπες" (=55) προγονοί του, που πολέμησαν στα Ορλωφικά (1768‐1774) με το Μητρομάρα»"
- ^ a b c Greek Landscape Painting (19th - 20th century). From the collections of the National Gallery and the Euripidis Koutlidis Foundation, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens 1998, p. 197.
- ^ a b c Ôï ÂÇÌÁ onLine - ÍÅÅÓ ÅÐÏ×ÅÓ Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Α.Σ.Ε. - Τέχνες - Πολυχρόνης Λεμπέσης
- ^ "esk.gr". Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
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