The most important artistic movement of Greek art in the 19th century was academic realism, often called in Greece "the Munich School" because of the strong influence from the Royal Academy of Fine Ar
Nikolaus Gysis, Eros and the Painter.
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Nikiphoros Lytras, Execution of Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople.
Nikolaus Gyzis, Learning by heart.
Nikolaos Gyzis
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Nikolaos Gyzis is considered one of Greece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting. It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonha
Greek academic art of the 19th century
…Greece to teach at the Polytechnic School and later Athens School of Fine Arts, where they would transmit their artistic experiences. Some of them, like Nikolaus Gysis, chose to remain in Munich, the so-called Athens on the Isar. The works of the Munich school painters are characterized by an expert but over-use of…
Gyzis Nikolaos, Archangel, study for the Foundation of the Faith
Capuchin friar