01788nam a2200217Ia 4500001001200000100003400012101000800046200004400054210000900098215002800107300108500135608001401220650000901234700009801243801000701341856005501348857009101403909001301494920005001507991001301557Π.10444eng  a20140611d9999 m y0grey0103 ga  aeng1 aWarriorb[Sculpture]fKapralos Christos  d1970  a244 x 86 x 28 cm [Wood]  aHis focus consistently on the human figure, Christos Kapralos fashioned his own personal style through the assimilation of the doctrines of ancient Greek and folk art as well as those of the European avant garde. He made his first works of clay and plaster, realistic but at the same time simplified and pure. When he turned to the use of bronze in 1957 the human body was transformed into Nikes and mythological figures, ancient warriors, couples, mothers and children. In 1965 Kapralos began using wood, eucalyptus trunks in particular. This gave him the opportunity to create compositions powerfully schematic and strongly non-figurative, obedient to the form imposed on him by the shape of the trunks themselves. Thus, he created a series of works inspired by the events and figures of antiquity, such as "Warrior", a theme which had occupied him since the Fifties. In contrast, however, to the dramatic intensity which characterized the older compositions in bronze, the "Warrior" made of wood acquires a monumental character and thus is transformed into a symbol of Victory.  aSculpture  aWood 1aKapralos Christosf(1909 - 1993)uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/kapralos-christos/  a58  uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artwork/warrior/  ahttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/61144_2000_2000-500x1112.jpg  aΠ.10444  aFormer Christos and Souli Kapralos Foundation  aPAINTING