Lot 25: Theofrastos Triantafyllidis (Greek, 1881-1955) 30 x 21 cm.

The artist
signed in Greek (lower right)
oil on cardboard
30 x 21 cm.

Provenance:
Memas Kalogeratos, Athens;
Aquired from the above in 1986;
Bonhams Greek sale, 24 May 2005, Lot 106;
Private collection, London.

Literature:
Antonis Kotidis, Triantafyllidis, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki 2002, no. 170.

Triantafyllides worked in a wide range of styles. In the present painting, he has created a sense of intimacy as the woman is captured in an attitude of having been suddenly interrupted and distracted from her painting, suggesting a private dialogue with the viewer. The artist has not isolated the woman in her studio but has depicted her in an open landscape, an element that adds to the visual interest of the work.