Demetrios Galanis Art

Demetrios GALANIS Lovers in Bed Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Printed in Haasen workshop in 1943 Excellent condition

Demetrios GALANIS Lovers in Bed Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Printed in Haasen workshop in 1943 Excellent condition

DEMETRIOS GALINIS (Greece 1882 - 1988) THREE GRACES ca. 1920-30 Wood engraving, signed and numbered in pencil. Edition 8, 17 3/4 x14 inches. Sheet 22 ...

A great interior picture of a library richly brushed with a very expressive technique highlighting the bright colours within the bookcase. Oil on board signed and dedicated lower right. Demetrios Emmanuel Galanis attended the Cormon workshop of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1900. He enrolled at the outbreak of war in 1914, and while serving in Corfu he acquired French nationality. A member of the Institute, he taught at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. To begin with, Galanis became known particularly as a landscape painter. He made a living by collaborating with comic magazines of the time: L'Assiette au Beurre, Gil Blas, Le Rire. In no way a cartoonist, Galanis has left thumbnail sketches, all of which make up a true panorama of the brothels at the beginning of the 20th century. Galanis who mixed with the best painters and writers of his time like Jean Moréas, was determined to move on and become an eminent engraver sought after by publishers of luxury books. He illustrated a hundred or so works with his engravings, including: The Mourning of the Primroses (Le Deuil des Primevères) by F. Jammes; Musical Journey to the Country of the Past (Voyage musical au pays du passé) by R. Rolland; The Challenge (La Gageure) by Brébeuf; October Nights (Les Nuits d'octobre) by G. de Nerval; Shield of the Zodiac (Bouclier du Zodiaque) by A. Suarès; Coeurs à prendre (Coeurs à prendre) by G. Gabory; St Barnabas Night (La Nuit de Saint Barnabé) by A. Arnoux; Female Lover by G. de Porto-Riche; Laurette or the Red Seal (Laurette ou le cachet rouge) by Alfred de Vigny; Celestine (La Célestine) by F. de Rojas; The Bohemian girl of my heart (La Bohême de mon coeur) by F. Carco; Poems for Single Ladies (Poésies pour dames seules) by G. Gabory; Inscriptions for the Seven Capital Sins (Inscriptions pour les sept péchés capitaux) by R. Allard; Foreign Lands (Terres étrangères) by M. Arland; Temptations of Alec Souffi, Akrivie Phrangopoulo (entations d'Alec Souffi, Akrivie Phrangopoulo) by Count Gobineau; The Great Organ (Les grandes orgues) by H. Bachelin; The Land Alone (Rien que la terre) by P. Morand; Death of Hippolytus (La Mort d'Hippolyte) by J. de Lacretelle; Polyphemus (Polyphème) by A. Samain; Le Grand Meaulnes (Le Grand Meaulnes) by A. Fournier; Monique by M. Arland; Odes by P. Valéry; Nourritures terrestres by André Gide; Two Dialogues (Deux dialogues) by Crébillion fils; Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by Milton. Galanis' landscapes of the South of France are particularly prized as is the Child on a Mechanical Horse...