Rare, 1996, Original Poster, Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, The Two Friends, Offset

Original Rare Poster from 1996

Offset Print from Oil on Canvas from the year 1959

The Two Friends

by Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas

Dimension approx. 66 cm x 50 cm

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (1906 – 1994), also known as Nikos Ghika, was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He studied ancient and Byzantine art as well as folk art due to his adoration for the Greek landscape. During his youth he was exposed in Paris to the avant-garde European artistic trends and he gained recognition as the leading Greek cubist artist. His aim was to focus on the harmony and purity of Greek art and to deconstruct the Greek landscape and intense natural light into simple geometric shapes and interlocking planes.