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“From Mykonos Summer” – Kostas Grammatopoulos

Collector’s lithograph, signed and numbered by Kostas Grammatopoulos .

“From Mykonos Summer” – Kostas Grammatopoulos | Comes with a certificate of authenticity.

• Subject dimensions: 70 x 50 cm.
• Paper dimensions: 80 x 60 cm.

Kostas Grammatopoulos was born in Athens in September 1916. His parents had moved a few years ago from Istanbul. In 1934 he graduated from the 7th High School of Pakrati and was admitted to the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he studied painting in the workshop of Umbertos Argyros, and engraving in the workshop of Yiannis Kefallinos during the period 1934–1940. Upon graduating, he was awarded the highest distinction of the Chrysovergeion Award.

In 1944, his professional activity began with the creation of a series of portraits of many great Greek writers for the magazine Nea Estia. Famous are the portraits of Kostis Palamas, Angelos Terzakis, Ilias Venezis, Miltiadis Malakasis, Angelos Sikelianos, etc. At the same time, he also started to illustrate literary and educational books. The crafting and illustration of books was an important activity of his throughout his life. He has illustrated more than 100 books.

• Lithography is a printing technique which was invented around 1798 by A. Alois Senefelder, based on the fact that water and fats are never mixed.
• The theme or representation is drawn with greasy chalk on a stone (porous limestone) or tin plate and then dried. When water runs on the designed surfaces, the greasy ink “catches” only in the places that are engraved and not in the wet stone.

At eartshop you will find a fine selection of collectible silkscreens and lithographs by great Greek painters, such as Alekos Fasianos, Dimitris Mytaras, Sofia Kalogeropoulou, Vassilis Sperantzas,Angelos Panagiotou and others.

The lithographs are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and are in excellent condition. We can also frame them with a frame of your choice as our store has over 1500 frame codes.

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The product is handmade and there may be deviations in design and color from the picture.