Eleni Stathopoulou, The Geometry of Colour - portraits, nudes and more

Eleni Stathopoulou, The Geometry of Colour - portraits, nudes and more

at the Niarchos Cultural Centre, Athens.

Like so many women artists,  Stathopoulou has been written out of official art history. This exhibition is an attempt to re-acquaint people with her work. Stathopoulou is one of the pioneers of abstract art in Greece. During the early post-war decades she contributed to the shift of contemporary Greek art towards abstraction and to a more direct connection between Greek visual artists and the international avant-garde.

Seeing her work was a pleasure.

Girl with bow in her hair, 1935-36 (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Old Man, 1937, (oil on canvas)

Girl in Red Dress, (oil on canvas)

In the Office, (oil on canvas)

Portrait of a Boy, 1945, (oil on canvas)

Boy with Saucepan, 1943-44, (oil on canvas)

The American, 1946-47, (oil on canvas)

Nude, (charcoal and oil on canvas)

Nude, (oil on canvas)

Nude, (oil on canvas)

Nude, (oil on canvas)

Composition, 1947, (oil on canvas)

Nude, (oil on canvas)

Seated Young Woman, (oil on canvas)

Young Woman, (oil and pencil on cardboard)

Seated Young Woman, 1947, (oil on cardboard)

Nude, (oil on cardboard)

Victory of Samothrace, (oil on canvas)

Nude, (oil on wood)

Yannis Tsarouhis, Eros with Flowers, 1950, (glue on cloth)

Young Woman Wearing a Hat, (oil on wood)

Woman Wearing Green Hat, (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Young Man, (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Young Man, (oil on wood)

Woman Spinning Wool, (oil on canvas)

Swimmers, 1957, (oil on hardboard)