Vassilios Chatzis Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Vassilios Chatzis Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 05, 2024
CHATZIS Vassilios (1870-1915) ‘Sailing boats in the open sea’
Est: €200 - €300
Signed watercolour 11x23 cm
Hellenic Auctions
Jun. 08, 2022
CHATZIS Vassilios (1870-1915)‘Fishing boats in the dawn’
Est: €1,300 - €1,800
Signed oil on canvas 45x27cm
Hellenic Auctions
May. 28, 2020
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915) Byzantine naval battle 25 x 22.5 cm.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915) Byzantine naval battle signed in Greek (lower right) oil on card 25 x 22.5 cm. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Apr. 17, 2019
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915) a) Low tide, Chalkis signed in Greek (lower right)oil on panel16.2 x 30 cm.b) Fishing boatsigned in Greek (lower right)oil on panel22.5 x 14.5 cm.(2) We are grateful to Professor M. Vlachos for his assistance in authenticating this lot.
Bonhams
Apr. 17, 2019
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915) Fishing boats 30 x 41 cm.
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915) Fishing boats signed in Greek (lower left)oil on canvas30 x 41 cm. We are grateful to Professor M. Vlachos for his assistance in authenticating this lot.
Bonhams
Apr. 17, 2019
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915) Greek shore 58 x 120 cm.
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915) Greek shore signed in Greek (upper left)oil on panel58 x 120 cm. We are grateful to Professor M. Vlachos for his assistance in authenticating this lot.The son of a shipowner and an eminent exponent of the Munich school, though he never studied at the Bavarian capital's Academy of Fine Arts, Chatzis was an exceptional talent, often rivalling his great teacher C. Volanakis1 (compare C. Volanakis, Sunset promenade with ships in the distance, lot 25).Capturing a tranquil seashore scene with compelling naturalism, Chatzis's Greek shore is a highly accomplished work distinguished by crisp design, colour sensitivity, romantic feel and excellent compositional balance. Note how the low horizon that gives full value to the spaciousness of the sky is intersected by the vertical accent of the boat mast to capture the absolute stillness of the hour. Demonstrating great skill in rendering the two groups of people perfectly integrated in their natural surroundings, this fascinating image of beached boats and fishermen at work chants the stories of everyday life on the Greek seacoast.1. "When you look at his pictures you are reminded of Volanakis". G. Vokos, "Vassilios Hantzis" [in Greek], Kallitechnis magazine, no. 18, September 1911, p. 201. See also M. Vlachos, Greek Marine Painting, Olkos editions, Athens 1993, p. 231.
Bonhams
Dec. 15, 2018
Vassilios CHATZIS, Seascape
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
signed in Greek low left
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Nov. 08, 2017
Vassilios CHATZIS - Greek, 1870-1915 | Battle of Navarino
Est: €3,500 - €5,000
oil on panel signed lower left 14 x 21.6 cm Provenance private collection, Athens Vasilios Chatzis was born in Kastoria and died in Athens. He was the son of a ship owner, and studied at The School of Fine Art, Athens under Constantinos Volanakis and Nikiforos Lytras. Chatzis was a distinguished seascapist who was initially influenced by The Munich School academic style of the time. He later deviated towards a more impressionist style, using light in a distinctive manner. So impressive were his works that during the Balkan wars of 1912-1913, he was commissioned by the Greek Government to accompany the Greek Navy, to observe and record operations of the Greek Fleet, aboard the warships 'Averoff' and 'Miaoulis'. Chatzis’s dramatic depictions of life at sea and virtuoso brushwork made him one of the most accomplished marine painters in Greece. In Battle of Navarino the spectator can experience this. The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–32), in Navarino Bay on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Allied forces from Britain, France and Russia decisively defeated Ottoman and Egyptian forces trying to suppress the Greek war of independence, thereby making much more likely the independence of Greece. His works are found in private and public collections, notably: The National Gallery, Athens, The Naval Museum, Greece, The Municipal Gallery, Athens, The Leventis Gallery, Nicosia, The Koutlides Collection, The National Bank of Greece and many other public and private collections.
artBlue
Apr. 26, 2016
VASILIOS CHATZIS (1870-1915) Seascape/The destroyer Thyella
Est: £30,000 - £40,000
VASILIOS CHATZIS (1870-1915) Seascape/The destroyer Thyella signed in Greek (lower right) oil on canvas 81 x 168 cm. Provenance Property from a European private collection. Literature S. Lydakis, The History of Modern Greek Painting, The Greek Painters (vol. 3), Melissa editions, Athens 1976, fig. 245, p. 164 (illustrated) Illustrated in Melissa Editions' The Greek painters vol. 3, this beautifully painted scene of the destroyer 'Thyella' surging through rough seas is an evocative seascape lit by a rising sun. Chatzis, a distinguished exponent of the Munich school, stood out for his dramatic depictions of life at sea, especially for their stylistic treatments. Here, his virtuoso brushwork is mainly evident in the atmosphere, the openness of the sky, mottled with travelling clouds. The jewel-like details of the choppy seas have been portrayed by the artist with effortless brilliance, combining academic principles with a vivid sense of immediacy. As a student at the Athens School of Fine Arts under N. Lytras and K. Volanakis, his works were so impressive they not only rivalled but sometimes even surpassed those of his teachers. The son of a ship-owner, he sailed on many vessels and studied ships in great detail. In 1912-1913, during the Balkan Wars, he painted a number of exquisite naval battle scenes captured with powerful realism.1 On government orders, he observed operations aboard the warships 'Averoff' and 'Miaoulis' or from the Moudros naval base on the island of Limnos, recording the glorious historical events with spontaneity, directness and strong romantic elements.2 Chatzis updated the Greek marine tradition with a break from the academic approach of the past. As stated by M. Lambraki-Plaka: 'The exodus from the shadowy workshop to the brilliant light of the outdoors was a revelation for painters. There they became aware that the image of nature was being ceaselessly transformed by the flow of time and the change of light, that strong, natural colours bore no relationship to the browns, greys, and whites of traditional landscape painting, that the academic technique, laborious and slow, was inadequate for conceiving of things in their flow and interpreting nature as a continual state of becoming and not just an event. Thus impressionism was born. (...) Their paintings glow with luminosity, pulse and colour and transmit to the viewer the vitality of euphoria'.3 1. See M. Vlachos, The Greek Seascape Painting [in Greek], Olkos publ. Athens 1993, p. 232. 2. See F. Yofyllis, History of Modern Greek Art[in Greek], vol.1, To Elliniko Viblio publ., Athens 1962, p. 206 and Z. Haidou-Lykouri, "The Pathways of the Sea Meet the Pathways of Art" in The Sea, exh. cat., Municipal Gallery of Athens - Hellenic Maritime Museum, Athens 2000, p. 53. 3. M. Lambraki-Plaka, ed., Four Centuries of Greek Painting, Athens, 1999, p. 352
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2011
VASILIOS CHATZIS
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
GREEK 1870 - 1915 LANDING ASHORE signed in Greek lower right oil on canvas 59 by 95cm., 23¼ by 37½in.
Sotheby's
May. 09, 2011
VASILIOS CHATZIS
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK 1870 - 1915 THE CRUSADER INVASION OF CONSTANTINOPLE signed lower left oil on paper laid on canvas 141 by 247.5cm., 55½ by 97¼in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 22, 2010
VASILIOS CHATZIS
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK 1870 - 1915 FISHING BOATS BY MOONLIGHT signed lower right oil on canvas 53 by 73cm., 21 by 28¾in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 09, 2009
VASILIOS CHATZIS
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
BOATS signed lower left
Sotheby's
Nov. 09, 2009
VASILIOS CHATZIS
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
BOATS ON THE SHORE signed lower left
Sotheby's
Nov. 11, 2008
- Vasilios Chatzis , Greek 1870-1915 ships off the coast of constantinople oil on canvas
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
signed lower left oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Apr. 17, 2008
Vasilios Chatzis , Greek 1870-1915 sailing by moonlight oil on canvas
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
signed lower left oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Apr. 17, 2008
Vasilios Chatzis , Greek 1870-1915 ship by night oil on panel
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
signed lower left oil on panel
Sotheby's
Nov. 14, 2007
Vasilios Chatzis Greek, 1870-1915 , Embarking the Steamship oil on board
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
signed l.l. oil on board
Sotheby's
May. 17, 2007
f - Vasilios Chatzis Greek, 1870-1915 , a frigate
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
signed oil on board
Sotheby's
May. 10, 2007
Vasilios Chatzis Greek, 1870-1915 , boats at sea
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
signed l.l. oil on panel
Sotheby's
May. 10, 2007
Vasilios Chatzis Greek, 1870-1915 , marine
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
signed and dated 95 u.l. oil on canvas
Sotheby's
May. 10, 2007
Vasilios Chatzis Greek, 1870-1915 , fishing boat and steamship
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
signed and dated 97 l.l. pastel on paper laid on board
Sotheby's
Nov. 15, 2006
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
BATTLESHIPS 28 by 68.5cm., 11 by 27in. signed l.l. oil on canvas
Sotheby's
May. 24, 2006
f - VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
A FRIGATE A FRIGATE 50 by 22cm., 19¾ by 8¾in. signed l.r. oil on board PROVENANCE D. Staikos, Athens
Sotheby's
May. 24, 2006
VASILIOS CHATZIS, GREEK 1870-1915
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
GREEK WAR SHIPS IN THE AEGEAN 14 by 18cm.; 5½ by 7in. signed l.l. oil on board
Sotheby's
May. 22, 2006
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
ROUGH WATERS ROUGH WATERS 42.5 by 61cm., 16¾ by 24in. signed l.r. oil on panel PROVENANCE Private Collection, Athens NOTE From his early childhood Chatzis was fascinated by boats and life at sea. He sailed aboard many ships, observing their crews and studying the boats' make-up. Fascinated by how they manoeuvred under different weather conditions he painted them with spontaneous brushstrokes filled with colour and bravura. "The turn towards nature was, nevertheless, fostered and completed by realism. Positivism, the crisis in, and gradual abandonment of, traditional subjects (myths, history) and the turn towards "pure" and incorruptible nature, which is juxtaposed with the teeming urban centres of the first industrial revolution." (quoted in Marina Lambraki-Plaka, ed., Four Centuries of Greek Painting, Athens, 1999, p. 352.)
Sotheby's
May. 22, 2006
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
SAILING BOATS AND STEAMERS 73 by 104cm., 28¾ by 41in. signed l.l. oil on canvas PROVENANCE Private Collection, Athens NOTE See also note to lot 4.
Sotheby's
May. 22, 2006
f - VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION FIGURES ALONG THE SHORE, FALIRO 60 by 89cm., 23¾ by 35in. signed l.r. oil on canvas PROVENANCE D. Staikos, Athens NOTE A student at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Nikiforos Lytras (see lot 8) and Konstantinos Volanakis (see lots 6, 11, 15, 18 and 44 ), Chatzis is known for his depiction of boats and life at sea. His dramatic representations of maritime life through the use of virtuoso brushwork made him one of the most accomplished painters in Greece. In the present work, Chatzis succeeded in fashioning his personal artistic idiom rooted in plein air painting. According to Marina Lambraki-Plaka "The exodus from the shadowy workshop to the brilliant light of the outdoors was a revelation for painters. There they became aware that the image of nature was being transformed by the flow of time and the change of light, that strong, natural colours bore no relationship to the browns, greys, and whites of traditional landscape painting, that the academic technique, laborious and slow, was inadequate for conceiving of things in their flow and interpreting nature as a continual state of becoming and not just an event. Thus impressionism was born. (...) Their paintings glow with luminosity, pulse and colour and transmit to the viewer the vitality of euphoria" (Marina Lambraki-Plaka, ed., Four Centuries of Greek Painting, Athens, 1999, p. 352).
Sotheby's
May. 12, 2005
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915 THE SURVIVORS
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
signed l.r. oil on canvas
Sotheby's
May. 12, 2005
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915 IN ROUGH SEAS
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
signed l.l. oil on board
Sotheby's
May. 12, 2005
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915 SAILING OFF SHORE
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
signed l.r. oil on canvas PROVENANCE Private Collection, Athens CATALOGUE NOTE A student at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Nikiforos Lytras (see lots 6, 9 and 11) and Konstantinos Volanakis (see lots 7, 10, 15 and 40), Chatzis is known for his depictions of boats and life at sea. So impressive were his works that during the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, under government order, he was posted on a warship to record the actions of the Greek fleet. Chatzis's dramatic depictions of life at sea and virtuoso brushwork made him one of the most accomplished marine painters in Greece. In the present work, Chatzis succeeded in fashioning his personal artistic idiom rooted in plein air painting. According to Marina Lambraki-Plaka "The exodus from the shadowy workshop to the brilliant light of the outdoors was a revelation for painters. There they became aware that the image of nature was being ceaselessly transformed by the flow of time and the change of light, that strong, natural colours bore no relationship to the browns, greys, and whites of traditional landscape painting, that the academic technique, laborious and slow, was inadequate for conceiving of things in their flow and interpreting nature as a continual state of becoming and not just an event. Thus impressionism was born. (...) Their paintings glow with luminosity, pulse and colour and transmit to the viewer the vitality of euphoria" (Marina Lambraki-Plaka, ed., Four Centuries of Greek Painting, Athens, 1999, p. 352).
Sotheby's
Nov. 18, 2003
VASILIOS CHATZIS GREEK, 1870-1915
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
SIGNED AND DATED (MAKER'S MARKS) signed l.l.
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