02030nam a2200217Ia 4500001001100000100003400011101000800045200005500053210000900108215003100117300131400148608001301462650001801475700010001493801000701593856006801600857009001668909001201758920002901770991001301799Π.2087eng  a20140611d9999 m y0grey0103 ga  aeng1 aCopenhagen Harbourb[Painting]fAltamouras Ioannis  d1874  a30 x 43 cm [Oil on canvas]  aFollowing his graduation from the Athens School of Arts, Ioannis Altamouras continued his studies in Copenhagen, Denmark, encouraged by King George I of Greece. Although he died very young, when he was still 26, he managed to produce several works which can arguably be considered as true pre-Impressionist art. One of them is the "Copenhagen Harbour", made in 1874, that is, the same year when the first Impressionist group exhibition was organised in Paris. In this painting, the Copenhagen shore, with the dimly delineated buildings, the castles, the smoking smokestacks and the great ships at anchor, is a dark horizontal line, splitting the painting surface into two. One third is occupied by the sea, where a dark rowing boat can be seen, and two thirds are taken up by a sky with fleeting clouds. Water and sky are the main elements in this painting. In fact, time is the true protagonist here, flying and changing the face of the world from one moment to the next. Using swift brush strokes in order to capture these fleeting phenomena, the painter records the shifts of colour and their iridescence on the waves. Note the great variety of colours in the clouds and see if you can identify their respective reflections on the water. Complementary couples of blue-grey, orange-ochre and violet prevail.  aPainting  aOil on canvas 1aAltamouras Ioannisf(1852 - 1878)uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/altamouras-ioannis/  a59  uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artwork/copenhagen-harbour-2/  ahttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/61227_2000_2000-500x343.jpg  aΠ.2087  aAntonios Benakis Bequest  aPAINTING