Panayiotis Tetsis (
Greek
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: Παναγιώτης Τέτσης; 1925 – 5 March 2016) was a Greek
painter
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...
. Tetsis was an exponent of the
post-impressionistic seascape tradition.
Life and work
Born in 1925 on the island of
Hydra, where he spent his childhood and early teenage years, Tetsis moved to
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Ath ...
in 1937.
Legacy
Though the artist depicts marine themes that are familiar to him - mostly set against the backdrop of Hydra and
Sifnos
Sifnos () is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, near the center, known as Apollonia (pop. 918 as of 2021), is home of the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to come from an ...
.
“If I take a long voyage at sea, I get bored,” Tetsis says, “and I don't agree with
Cavafy
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis ( ; 29 April ( OS 17 April), 1863 – 29 April 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. A ...
that headed for
Ithaca
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Ithaca, Ithaka ...
we ought to hope that the voyage lasts as long as possible.” And he added: “I paint a large number of my seas from memory. I don’t need to paint them from life. And even if I do, I change them later in my studio, even changing them totally.”
Balancing discipline and emotion, Tetsis regards himself as a painter driven by the senses. His singularity, according to Koutsomallis, consists in his combination of “elegiac colour tones, compositional clarity and precision, thematic variety, a monumental character and freely, openly sketched contours”.
In 1949 Tetsis along with
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (; February 26, 1906 – September 3, 1994), also known as Nikos Ghika, was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, ...
,
[Loukaki, Argyro]
Cultural and Physical Space as a Condition of Artistic Vision: The Aegean in Greek Artists Maleas, Ghikas and Tetsis
in ''Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 8.'' Ed. S. V. Mal’tseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova, A. V. Zakharova. St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Univ. Press, 2018, pp. 476–484. ISSN 2312-2129. Yannis Moralis,
Nikos Nikolaou
Nikos Nikolaou () (1909–1986) was a major figure in Greek art during the 20th century.
In 1929 Nikolaou was admitted into the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Konstantinos Parthenis and Umbertos Argyros.
In 1932, he had his ...
,
Nikos Engonopoulos
Nikos Engonopoulos (; October 21, 1907 – October 31, 1985) was a Greek painter and poet. He is one of the most important members of "Generation of the '30s", as well as a major representative of the surrealist movement in Greece. His work a ...
and
Yiannis Tsarouchis, established the "Armos" art group.
See also
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Yiannis Tsarouchis
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Nikos Engonopoulos
Nikos Engonopoulos (; October 21, 1907 – October 31, 1985) was a Greek painter and poet. He is one of the most important members of "Generation of the '30s", as well as a major representative of the surrealist movement in Greece. His work a ...
*
Nikos Nikolaou
Nikos Nikolaou () (1909–1986) was a major figure in Greek art during the 20th century.
In 1929 Nikolaou was admitted into the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Konstantinos Parthenis and Umbertos Argyros.
In 1932, he had his ...
*
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (; February 26, 1906 – September 3, 1994), also known as Nikos Ghika, was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, ...
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Yannis Moralis
References
External links
Tetsis exhibition at the Goulandris Museum in Andros
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20th-century Greek painters
1925 births
2016 deaths
21st-century Greek painters
21st-century Greek male artists
People from Hydra (island)
Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)