Lot 172: Theofrastos Triantafyllidis 1881-1955 , Still Life with Cherub oil on canvas

signed lower right oil on canvas

61 by 46cm., 24 by 18in.

Antonis Kotidis, Triantafyllidis, Thessaloniki, 2002, pp. 274 & 284, no. 167, illustrated

Private Collection, Athens

The expressive character of the present work is typical of Triantafyllidis, and is heightened by the strong contrast between the dark background, and the luminosity of the flowers, with their accents of light, and the small golden putti to the left of the vase.

One of the most talented Greek painters of the first half of the 20υth century, Triantafyllidis adopted both impressionist and expressionist elements in his works. A student of Jakobides at the Athens School of Fine Art, and later of Ludwig von Löfftz at the Munich Academy and of Desiré Lucas in Paris, he returned to Greece for good in 1913. Thematically, Triantafyllidis' work encompassed depictions of scenes of everyday life, still lifes, portraits and landscapes, as well as religious subjects towards the end of his career.