#polychronis lembesis

[cleopatragirlie]

Some of my favourite portraits in Athens National Gallery 🎀

[classicdavinci]

Lembesis Polychronis (1848 - 1913) 

Cleopatra, ca 1877

[thunderstruck9]

Polychronis Lembesis (Greek, 1849-1913), Seated Young Man. Oil on canvas, 99 x 69 cm.

[monogreek]

Seated young man by Polychronis Lempesis(1848-1913)

[theartofrabbits]

Child with Rabbits by Polychronis Lembesis (Greek), 1879

[mrdirtybear]

‘Captain Benes’, as painted by Greek painter Polychronis Lembesis (1848-1913). As an artist he was supported by the rich and powerful in Greece, who made sure he represented Greece at the various international exhibitions. Nonetheless he died in poverty, with his family selling many of his paintings for 2 orv 3 drachmas to pay for his funeral. A favourable critic said of him  "An honest and sincere artist has died almost out of tact exactly as he did for his whole life".   

[podartists]

Siesta | Polychronis Lembesis (1849-1913)

[wordsmithic]

Paintings of Greeks by 19th century Greek painters (pt4)

Οικονόμου Ιωάννης - Γυναίκα που μαζεύει λουλούδια ( Economou Ioannis - Woman arranging flowers)

Λεμπέσης Πολυχρόνης - Ηπειρώτισσα (Lembesis Polychronis - Epirotissa (Epirote Woman))

Λεμπέσης Πολυχρόνης - Μικρή κουλουριώτισσα, 1892 (Lembesis Polychronis - Young koulouria seller)

Λεμπέσης Πολυχρόνης - Στη βρύση (Lembesis Polychronis - At the fount)

Λεμπέσης Πολυχρόνης - Κοπέλα με ανέμη (Lembesis Polychronis - Girl with Distaff and Spindle)

Λεμπέσης Πολυχρόνης - Νέα με τοπική φορεσιά (Lembesis Polychronis - Young woman with local clothing)

Λεμπέσης Πολυχρόνης - Βοσκόπουλο παίζει φλογέρα (Lembesis Polychronis - Boy shepherd plays the flute)

Λεμπέσης Πολυχρόνης - Στη σκάφη, 1886 (Lembesis Polychronis - At the a water trough)

[atsoukalidis]

“The boy with the rabbits” by Polychronis Lembesis, 1879 from the collection of the National Art Gallery

[antonio-m]

‘Seated Young Man’ by Lembesis Polychronis (1848-1913) Greek painter. Lembesis' work is characterised by a particular skill in achieving perfect chromatic tones and a clarity of design. He is considered the most romantic of all the romantic painters of the Munich School.

[classicdavinci]

Lembesis Polychronis (1848 - 1913) 

Girl Feeding Pigeons

[gemsofgreece]

Christos Kapsalis, Polychronis Lembesis, 1881, National Museum of History, Athens, Greece.

Christos Kapsalis was an important figure of the Greek War of Independence. He fought and gave all his fortune for the Revolution as well as provided one of his houses to Lord Byron when the Philhellene poet arrived at Missolonghi. The Third Siege of Missolonghi lasted one year (April 1825 - April 1826) and by the end of that year there was no food left and the people of the city were dying from all sorts of diseases. The city had no more cats, dogs, donkeys, or horses as the people had eaten them all. In order to survive, the people were forced to eat seaweed washed ashore from the lake. The Greeks planned to attempt a mass breakout from the city’s walls in April 22th of 1826, otherwise they would all die from the famine and the illnesses. Kapsalis was old by that time and too weak to follow the fighters out of the city’s walls. He and about 400 other men, women and children, who were too ill or weak to stand any chance of successfully joining the Sortie gathered in Kapsalis’ powder magazine. When the Ottoman Turks entered the city, the Greeks lit the gunpowder causing a huge explosion that killed them all and caused severe casualties to the Turks as well.

[gensfleisch]

Polychronis Lembesis | Nude

[afrouif]

Polychronis Lembesis

[leadessine]

Study from Polychronis Lembesis, Nude (1877)

[fangogh]

Basket with fruits Polychronis Lembesis, 1878 Shared via #WikiArtApp