Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Ghika (1906 - 1994), The Studio, 1960

Made in our familiar Ghika's post-cubist style, this fascinating painting introduces us to the artist`s world, his studio

By National Gallery of Greece - Alexandros Soutsos Museum

The Studio (1960) by Hatzikyriakos-Ghika NikosNational Gallery of Greece - Alexandros Soutsos Museum

A kaleidoscope

Looking closely at this densely structured puzzle, one gradually makes out several pieces of furniture and other objects that seem lost in a kaleidoscope of colours.

It is not difficult to locate a folding table with brushes and other painting tools, easels with characteristic paintings on them,

a straw chair and easy chair,

a stool on which a papyrus roll is unfolding like a Chinese painting,

while arched windows open in the background.

The Studio, Hatzikyriakos-Ghika Nikos, 1960, From the collection of: National Gallery of Greece - Alexandros Soutsos Museum

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Credits: Story

Texts: Marina Lampraki-Plaka, Professor Emeritus of the History of Art, ex-Director, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Athens
Project leader: Efi Agathonikou, Head of Collections Department, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Athens
Images: Stavros Psiroukis & Thalia Kimpari, Photographic Studio, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Athens
Digital curation: Dr. Alexandros Teneketzis, Art Historian & Marina Tomazani, Art Historian, Curator, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum

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