01487nam a2200205Ia 4500001001100000100003400011101000800045200005300053210000900106215003100115300082800146608001400974650001100988700009400999801000701093856006601100857009001166909001201256991001301268Π.5777eng  a20140611d9999 m y0grey0103 ga  aeng1 aPenteli in Ecstasyb[Sculpture]fLameras Lazaros  d1948  a48,5 x 47 x 12 cm [Marble]  aLazaros Lameras was among the vanguard of abstraction in Greece. His stay in Paris in 1938-1939 played a definitive role in this choice. He created his first abstract works in the period 1945 to 1948, among which was "Penteli". The work originally carried the poetic title, "Penteli in Ecstasy" and as such was shown in the first postwar Panhellenic exhibition of 1948. In fact, it was the first abstract sculpture to be formally exhibited in Greece. The inspiration for the piece was the mountain in Attica that had provided the marble for many important works of sculpture dating back to antiquity. Lameras has carved a small composition that combines vertical and horizontal motifs with gentle curves and an almost perfectly smooth surface, thus arriving at a pure form that echoes the enterprise of Constantin Brancusi.  aSculpture  aMarble 1aLameras Lazarosf(1913 - 1998)uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/lameras-lazaros/  a58  uhttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artwork/penteli-in-ecstasy/  ahttps://www.nationalgallery.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/65496_2000_2000-500x695.jpg  aΠ.5777  aPAINTING