The Bank of Greece's Art Collection - 1

60 Years of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation - Some of the art in their collection 

at the Benaki Museum, Pireos, Athens.

The bank's collection comprises more than 7,000 works of painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawings, illustrated books, tapestries, mosaics and ceramics. A fraction of it is displayed at the Benaki Museum. It spans the whole of the 20th century, giving us an overview of how Greek art developed in that period. The paintings were arranged thematically.

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, Flowers, 1976

Georgios Manoussakis, Still Life with Cycladic Idolo, 1970, (tempera on canvas)

Niki Karagatsi, Table with Paisley,  Table with Paisley Tablecloth, Palm Bush, Transistor Radio on a Chair, 1974, (oil on canvas)

Konstantinos Maleas, Still Life, 1910, (oil on canvas)

Loukas Venetoullas, Pressure Cooker, 1970, (oil on canvas)

Leuteris Kanakakis, Table, 1973, (oil on canvas)

Stefanos Daskalakis, Table, 1983, (oil on canvas)

Julia Andriadou, The Sacrificial Victim, 1973, (acrylic and collage on canvas)

looking closer

Demosthenes Kokkinidis, Piraeus, Immigration, 1961, (oil on cardboard)

Alkis Pierrakos, Hills in Rome, 1974, (mixed media on canvas)

Dimitris Perdikidis, Composition, 1974, (oil on paper)

looking closer

George Hadjimichalis, Notes, 2012, (acrylic on wood)

I wish I knew more about this painting, why Bobby Sands is pictured here.

Christos Lefakis, Composition No. 32, 1961, (mixed media on canvas)

There are a few paintings in this selection, where I did not note the name of the artist. I can't remember what happened, but I decided to include them in this post, because I liked them so much. I think this one might be by Alekos Kondopoulos, but I am not sure.

Stelios Mauromatis, Wagons, 1969, (mixed media on canvas)

Thanassis Stefopoulos, Landscape, 1970-79, (oil on canvas)

Spyros Vassiliou, Thessaloniki, 1977, (oil on canvas)

Paris Prekas, Parallel Forms, 1970, (oil on canvas)