Art and its Spirits

By Nicholas Gyzis (1842-1901),
Art and its Spirits,
Mixed media on paper,
32 x 21 cm

Nikolaos Gyzis (Greek: Νικόλαος Γύζης, pronounced [ɣizis] is considered one of Greece’s most important 19th-century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting. It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonhams in London, being last exhibited in Greece in 1928. He was the majo…