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Polychronis Lembessis was a pioneer in showcasing the Greek countryside. His paintings Garden with a Female Figure and Guard House near a Shore (see AGLG 22) are examples of landscapes that describe with colour and light the atmosphere and mood of nature without mythologising and through a restrained spontaneity.
He studied at the School of Arts in Athens and went on to study on scholarship at the Munich Academy. He lived in Munich until 1879 andbecame well acquainted with Nikolaos Gyzis. His work was shown in group exhibitions in Athens. He earned a bronze medal in the competitionof the Parnassus Literary Society (1890), and participated in the Paris Exposition Universelle (1900) and the Athens InternationalExposition (1903). During the last years of his life, he retired to his native island and was eventually forgotten. Genre scenes, portraits and still-life paintings made up his subject matter, as well as landscapes in the plein air vein. He also madereligious paintings.
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