At the beginning of the 20th century landscape painting held sway and the interest of painters turned toward the study of light and color. The dependence ïn Munich stackened as Paris be came the pole of attraction for the artists of the period. Impressionism was the original influence ïn the leading figures of the art of the first half of the 20th century, Constantinos Parthenis and Constantinos Maleas, while Nikolaos Lytras associated himself with the avant-garde groups of Munich constituting the last link with the series of painters in this great tradition. The further development of these painters led to other roads, but always within the framework of the avantgarde movement albeit with a Greek dimension.

S. Savvides
Boats on the waters of the Bosphorus