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Registration German Occupation of Greece
Artwork details
- Artwork title
- German Occupation of Greece
- Artist
- Papaioannou Yiannis (1919-1999)
- Collection
- George I. Katsigras Collection
- Category
- Painting
- Material
- Oil
- Main colors
- Grey
- Short description
- Historical
- Imaging
- Woman and children during the occupation
- Construction
- Oil on hardboard
- Measurement
- 38 x 48 cm
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Description
Front from a wall with the sign "LONG LIVE FREEDOM", a old woman woman in profileis searching for food in the garbage, while behind the two pestered small children who are also searching for food in the ground.A dog is also with these human figures and it is emaciated from the hunger ].The subject, as the title as well, refer to the inhuman conditions of existence and to the malnutrition, mainly in the cities, during German Occupation of Greece, However , the message is diachronic and universal and is related with thesuffering of war].Last , the raw realism of the theme becomes more intense with the sovereignty of grey tones, that are placed however in alternation with rosy expressionistic.
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