A. G. Leventis Gallery | Καλλιτέχνης του Μήνα

Georgios Avlichos (1842-1909)
The Artist’s Family in his Studio
oil on canvas
56 Α. Γ. Λεβέντειος Πινακοθήκη

Georgios Avlichos

1842 - 1909

The painter, poet, litterateur and musician Georgios Avlichos, was born in Cephalonia in 1842. His love for painting led him to Naples, where he initially took painting lessons. He then studied law and later travelled to Germany to pursue his art studies. When he returned to Cephalonia, he worked as a bookkeeper and taught painting.

Avlichos was greatly influenced by Italian academic art and he is considered an exponent of the art of the Ionian Islands of the 19th century. His paintings are mainly portraits and genre scenes. Avlichos does not fit into any school, but, as art historians have suggested, his work brings to mind later painters such as Balthus.

The Artist’s Family in his Studio, painted around 1875, is one of the most extraordinary and masterful paintings of the A.G. Leventis Collection. The painting portrays his serene studio with his own work and easel. Opting for a cool palette he discreetly describes the members of his family; each figure devoted to some casual occupation, is ‘harmonised’ with the poetry of the atmosphere. The painting itself is faint, slightly blurry, recalling an out-of-focus photograph; its style imbues the painting with a tuneless, almost metaphysical quality.

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