Description
He also worked as a set designer for the National Theatre of Greece before World War II.
After the war, he began experimenting with an abstract expressionist style, applying a ‘drip technique’.
Maltezos first exhibited at the Greek National Exhibition of 1939, and his first solo exhibition was held in La Galerie Mouffe in Paris in 1962. He also took part among other things in the 1959 edition of the São Paulo Art Biennial.
In March 1959 he married the Greek-American Helen Kosmas (1924-2016), and they moved the same year to Paris.
Maltezos is considered one of the first artists to introduce abstract art to Greece. He later moved artistically towards gestural and abstract expressionism and op art.
Maltezos died in Paris in 1987, but is buried in Athens.
Yannis Maltezos (1913-1987) – Painting of 1963 – A very beautiful and collectible painting.
Code: C652