£3,500
Contemporary & Post-War Art | 595
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Signed and dated 1950, oil on board
Biography:
Nikos Kessanlis was born in Thessaloniki in 1930. He attended the Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece’s leading Art school, and would later return to serve as Rector.
Kessanlis was particularly passionate about artistic research and the social impact of art. He played a leading role in the development and growth of art in Greece, both through his work as an artist and his through his involvement with the Athens School of Fine Art.
Kessanlis is remembered as an activist with an eccentric, intense personality, who fought to bring Greek art onto the international art scene.