Georgios Bouzianis (Jorgo(S) Busianis)
Female nude from behind
Artist
Georgios Bouzianis (Jorgo(S) Busianis)
1885 - Athen - 1959
Further information
Verso auf der Malpappe mit einem Stempel und Nummerierungen von fremder Hand.
Nachlass-Archiv-Numme Ö17.
Mit einer Bestätigung von Gerhard Busianis, dem Enkel des Künstlers, vom 6.10.2021.
Nachlass-Archiv-Numme Ö17.
Mit einer Bestätigung von Gerhard Busianis, dem Enkel des Künstlers, vom 6.10.2021.
Exhibition
Maler Yorgo Busianis. Bildhauer Alexander Fischer, Künsthütte Chemnitz, Mai 1927;
Grieks expressionisme. Bouzianis. Expressionisme grec. Europalia Hellas, Brüssel 1982;
Yorgo Busianis, Versicherungskammer München, 1985;
Yorgo Busianis, Kreissparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck, 1989;
Metamorphoses of the Modern, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athen 1992, Kat.-Nr. 52, mit farb. Abb. S. 58.
Grieks expressionisme. Bouzianis. Expressionisme grec. Europalia Hellas, Brüssel 1982;
Yorgo Busianis, Versicherungskammer München, 1985;
Yorgo Busianis, Kreissparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck, 1989;
Metamorphoses of the Modern, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athen 1992, Kat.-Nr. 52, mit farb. Abb. S. 58.
Literature
Deliyannis, Dimitris, Bouzianis 1885–1959, Athens 1996, cat. no. 32, p. 108.
Provenance
Private collection, Southern Germany (artist’s estate).
Share
Description
Towards the end of his life, Georgios Bouzianis was one of the most sought-after Greek painters. From 1950 onwards, the artist was represented several times in the Greek Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, where he received the Guggenheim Foundation Prize in 1956.
After attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens, which he left in 1906, Bouzianis continued his studies in Munich under Otto Seitz and others. However, the family was later forced to give up the house he had built himself in Eichenau, near Munich.
In characteristic, dry brushstrokes, the artist depicts a standing female nude at her dressing table. Using balanced shades of brown and ochre, which he applies to the canvas in a heavily impastoed manner, Bouzianis impressively renders the nude purely through the paint, dispensing entirely with contours.
After attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens, which he left in 1906, Bouzianis continued his studies in Munich under Otto Seitz and others. However, the family was later forced to give up the house he had built himself in Eichenau, near Munich.
In characteristic, dry brushstrokes, the artist depicts a standing female nude at her dressing table. Using balanced shades of brown and ochre, which he applies to the canvas in a heavily impastoed manner, Bouzianis impressively renders the nude purely through the paint, dispensing entirely with contours.