Title: Composition / Σύνθεση

Artist: Dimitris Mytaras / Δημήτρης Μυταράς (1934 - 2017)

Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm, Acrylics / Canvas

Year: 20th century

Details: Dimitris Mytaras was born in 1934 in Chalcis. From 1953 to 1957, Mytaras studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Yiannis Moralis and Spyros Papaloukas. Leaving Greece in 1961 he studied stage design at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. From 1964 to 1972, he directed the Interior Decoration Workshop of the Athens Technological Institute. Beginning in 1975, he taught at the Painting Workshop of the Athens School of Fine Arts. Mytaras participated in over 30 international group shows, including the 1972 Venice Biennale. He was also a renowned scenic designer and worked for major Greek theaters, National Theatre of Greece and National Theatre of Northern Greece included. The human figure mainly inspired his work and a combination of naturalism and expressionism. From the 1960s onward, Mytaras moved in the direction of naturalism, while from 1975 an expressionistic approach became more and more marked in his output. He is considered one of the important painters of Greece during the 20th century.