late 19th Cent. Greek oil on canvas - with the monogram of / attributed to Georgios Jakobides JAKOBIDES GEORGIOS (1853 - 1932) (Griekse school) olieverfschilderij op doek : "Oude dame die een krant leest" - 31,7 x 23,4 gemonogrammeerd / toegeschreven aan
Jakobides, Georgios 1853 Chidira, Griechenland - 1932 Athen, Griechenland Junger Mann mit Körben, eine Zigarette rauchend Bleistift auf Papier · 46 x 29,5 cm (Blattgröße). Unten rechts signiert: G. Jakobides. Leicht gebräunt. Rahmen mit Glas.
GEORGIOS JAKOBIDES (1852-1932) Petite fille lisant signé ' G. JAKOBIDES' en haut à gauche huile sur toile 52,5 x 39,5 cm. (20 11/16 x 15 9/16in.) Peint c. 1882. signed ' G. JAKOBIDES' upper left oil on canvas
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Fille qui regarde signé en grec (en bas à gauche) huile sur toile 42 x 32cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8in). signed in Greek (lower left) oil on canvas
signed in Greek lower right seal of the artist's trust (1933) on verso The drawing is a study for the work of the homonymous work by Jakobides (lost), which was presented at the Berlin Academy Exhibition in 1884 and is illustrated in the magazine Nea Estia (June 1, 1933. issue 155, p. 593). Engraver Doris Raab produced a copperplate engraving after this work, which she exhibited in 1886. Illustrated in Georgios Jakobides, Retrospective, edited by Olga Mentzafou-Polyzou, The National Gallery Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Athens 2005, p. 152.
Mitylene, 1853 ; 1932 Natura silente con mele Firmato G Jakobides in basso a sinistra Olio su tela, cm 42X62,5 Provenienza: Firenze, collezione privata Nato a Lesbo, Georg Jakobides è considerato uno dei principali rappresentanti del movimento artistico noto come Scuola di Monaco. Studia scultura e pittura alla Scuola di Belle Arti di Atene per poi trasferirsi a Monaco di Baviera nel 1877, grazie ad una borsa di studio che gli permetterà di continuare la sua formazione all'Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, con il maestro Karl Theodor von Piloty. Nel 1900 il governo greco lo invita ad Atene per occuparsi dell'organizzazione della Galleria Nazionale, per poi nominarlo nel 1904 Direttore della Scuola di Belle Arti di Atene. Nella sua carriera Jakobides realizzerà i ritratti delle personalità greche più eminenti, come dimostrano i numerosi ritratti da lui eseguiti per la famiglia reale. Premiato in cinque mostre internazionali, tra cui Berlino nel 1891 e Parigi nel 1900, riceve numerosi riconoscimenti, come la medaglia d'oro di Atene nel 1888, il premio d'onore di Brema nel 1890, il premio economico di Trieste nel 1895, la medaglia d'oro di Parigi nel 1900 e il premio di eccellenza delle Lettere e dell'Arte nel 1914. I suoi dipinti si caratterizzano per un forte realismo espresso attraverso i colori vivaci, la resa del movimento e un uso mirabile della luce, da cui emerge la sua formazione accademica, alla quale rimarrà fedele senza, tuttavia, ignorare le nuove tendenze artistiche introdotte dall'Impressionismo e dal Modernismo. Episodi tratti dalla vita quotidiana, bambini, così come fiori e nature morte sono i temi principali delle sue opere, di cui la tela qui presentata ne è un perfetto esempio. Come d'altronde ben dimostrano i suoi più famosi dipinti, come Il nipote cattivo, Ragazza con conocchia e fuso, I primi passi, Il venditore di fiori, Il preferito della nonna, Concerto per bambini ed altri. Le sue opere si trovano nella National Gallery di Atene, all'Istituto d'Arte di Chicago, in collezioni private e musei di tutto il mondo. Bibliografia di riferimento: O. Mentzafou-Polyzou, Jakobides, Atene 1999, ad vocem A. Kotidis, Greek Art, 19th Century Painting, Atene 1995, ad vocem
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Nature morte aux coquillages signé en grec et daté '1917' (en bas à droite) huile sur toile 40 x 54cm (15 3/4 x 21 1/4in). Peint en 1917. signed in Greek and dated (lower right) oil on canvas For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
JAKOBIDES, Georgios zugeschrieben(1853 Mytilene/Lesbos - 1932 Athen) Bildnis eines strickenden Mütterchens Öl/Leinwand. Unsigniert. 60 x 51 cm. Gerahmt73 x 63 cm. Nachdenklich der Handarbeit nachgehende alte Frau mit schwarzer Kopfbedeckung Leichte Altersspuren. Wenn G. Jakobides, dann: Maler, Bildhauer und Medailleur, studierte in Athen und München. Literatur : Thieme/Becker.
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Une vieille femme tenant une corde nouée signé 'G. Jakobides' (en haut à gauche) encre sur papier 20 x 17.5cm (7 7/8 x 6 7/8in). signed (upper left) ink on paper For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Fille lisant un livre signé en grec et daté '1931' (en haut à droite) huile sur toile 22 x 29cm (8 11/16 x 11 7/16in). signed in Greek and dated (upper right) oil on canvas For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Cent pétales roses signé en grec et daté '1916' (en bas a gauche) huile sur toile 66 x 51cm (26 x 20 1/16in). signed in Greek and dated (lower left) oil on canvas For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Le bouquet signé 'G. Jakobides' (en bas à droite) huile sur toile 64.5 x 41.3cm (25 3/8 x 16 1/4in). signed (lower right) oil on canvas For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Georgios Jakobides (1853-1932), important Greek painter and representative of the Munich School, after he received a scholarship from the Greek state to study at the Munich Academy. Toddler playing with his shoes, oil on wood, signed u. r., paint chipping, craquelé, labels of a former Sotheby's sale on verso, 23 x 28 cm, framed behind glass 42 x 47 cm
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Young girl in the fields signed 'G. Jakobides' (lower right) oil on canvas 73.5 x 97.5 cm. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Georgios Jakobides (Greek, 1852-1932) Allegorical composition signed 'G.JAKOBIDES' (lower right)oil on panel25 x 35.5 cm. Painted in 1889.ExhibitedAthens, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Jakobides Retrospective, 14 November 2005-30 January 2006 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue curated by O. Mentzafou-Polyzou, p.136, no 15)Literature: O.Mentzafou-Polyzou, Jakobides, Adam editions, Athens 1999, p.61 (illustrated).A.Kottidis, Greek Art, 19th Century Painting, Ekdotiki Athinon editions, Athens 1995, no 118, pp. 241-242 (discussed), p. 148 (illustrated).
GEORGIOS JAKOBIDES (1852-1932) Children’s symphony signed with initials (lower right) oil on canvas 72 x 97 cm. Painted in 1894 Provenance Private collection, Athens since 1940. Christie’s Greek Sale of 15/12/98, Lot 24. Acquired from the above sale by the present owner. Exhibited Athens, National Gallery - A. Soutzos Museum, Georgios Jakobides Retrospective, November 14, 2005 - January 30, 2006 (listed and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 182). Literature O. Mentzafou-Polyzou, Jakobides, Adam editions, Athens 1999, p. 344 (listed), pp. 141-144 (discussed), p. 142 (illustrated). One of the star lots of the auction, Children’s symphony1 is an important work bringing together two of Jakobides’s most famous and beloved pictures, namely Children’s concert at the National Gallery in Athens and Children’s symphony formerly in the esteemed Loulis-Kraniotis collection. In this tender and perceptive painting, a country house interior is depicted, in which a group of children has created an improvised orchestra for the amusement of the little girl who, supported by her mother, joyously reaches out for them, eager to embrace the magic of music. This lively scene conveys the excitement children feel when playing with simple objects, listening to new sounds or making music. Following the rules of linear perspective, the floorboard lines converge as they recede into the distance, leading the eye to the black-clad grandmother sitting on the bench before the background window. She’s pressing her hands over her ears annoyed by the ruckus or even the discord of the makeshift orchestra, while on the right a big clay wood stove surrounded by a wooden bench balances the composition, its vertical form echoed by the window on the left. As noted by O. Mentzafou-Polyzou who prepared the artist’s monograph, “these two elements, namely the figure of the grandmother and the right-hand extension of the interior space with the clay stove and the wooden bench, have been omitted in Children’s concert, 1894, to become the subject of Children’s symphony, which Jakobides painted two years later, in 1896.”2 The whole scene is set against a neutral, monochromatic background rooted in ancient Greek relief sculpture and Byzantine icon painting, accentuating the action—a signature stylistic trait of the artist’s mature output. Furthermore, the naturalistic rendering of children’s bodies is matched by their well-groomed appearance, reflecting the artist’s intention to position childhood within a specific social and cultural environment. However, as noted by Athens University Professor of Sociology D. Makrynioti, “Jakobides provides the children with a certain outlet, a link between socialisation and contact with nature: he intentionally leaves some body parts uncovered, especially the children’s feet. The fact that the well cared-for children’s attire literally ends up in naked feet, reverts the child to its natural state simultaneously offering it a means to resist the social convention of clothing and proclaim its freedom.”3 In contrast to his output from the 1880s and early 1990s, Jakobides’s figures, rather than being depicted close to the viewer, are pushed back into the middleground and the background, where their bodies, lit on all sides, vibrate with life and motion. The diffused light animates the surfaces, while shady areas contribute to rendering volume. With meticulous observation, wealth of detail, subtle light and shadow effects, delicate tonalities and tender minuteness of touch, the artist produced a masterful genre scene full of poignant expression, gesture and body language, endowing the picture with a sense of genuineness and lively presence. The warmth of family scenes and the playful antics of childhood informed the art of Jakobides almost from the outset of his career. Unsurpassed draughtsman, insightful psychologist and keen observer of human nature, he established his reputation as the quintessential painter of young children -kindermaler. Friedrich Pecht, a distinguished chronicler of the Munich School, along with many other esteemed art critics of his age, had noted as early as the 1880s that Jakobides had already gained recognition in the Bavarian world, especially due to his childhood scenes.4 As the great writer Pavlos Nirvanas once said of Jakobides, “the miracle of childhood is not something that anybody can capture on canvas. A child, with its still flexible, almost unformed bone structure, undefined and fleeting form and mercurial fluidity is hardly a shape per se. It is liquid, nebulous, a play of light both inner and outer, an entity both imaginary and animate. And within this agile and ever-changing miracle there is a soul that plays and moves and transforms under the enviable glimmerings of light on a watery surface. The painters who have managed to capture this miracle ‘in flight’ and fix it on a flat surface, as we do with butterflies careful not to disturb a single scale from their colourful wings, are but few. One of them is Jakobides.”5 1. On the left side of the canvas a vertical scale for transfer to a different size can be discerned. 2. O. Mentzafou-Polyzou, Jakobides [in Greek], Adam editions, Athens 1999, p. 144. 3. D. Makrynioti, “Looking for Children in the Work of Georgios Jakobides” in Georgios Jakobides Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery - A. Soutzos Museum, Athens 2005, pp. 53-54. 4. H.G. Ludwig, “Georgios Jakobides and the Contemporary Artistic Scene in Munich” in Georgios Jakobides Retrospective, p. 37. 5. P. Nirvanas, “The Painter of Children” [in Greek], Pinakothiki journal, 12 (1912-13), 100-101. See also A. Kouria, The Child in Modern Greek Art (1833-1922) [in Greek], Dodoni editions, Athens - Yannina 1985, p. 58.
Oil on canvas Germany, 1886 Georgios Jakobides (1853-1932) – Greek painter and a representative of the Munich School Literature: Olga Mentzafou-Polyzou, G. Jakobides-Retrospective, National Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens 2005, No. 42, No. 44 We thank Mr. Dr. Horst Ludwig, Munich for the scientific counseling Dimensions: 65 x 47 cm Framed: 98 x 81 cm Good condition Provenance: Private collection, Berlin, Zehlendorf; through heritage in a private collection in Hamburg A reduced version of the painting “Grandmother and grandchild”, which is to be found in Museo Civico Revoltella, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Triest. On the opinion of the expert Dr. Horst Ludwig this is an isochoric version of the painting from Triest. Comparable works reached the price of ca. 180,000 Euro on the international auction market Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 120,000 Euro Georgios Jakobides was specialized along with the portrait painting and sculpting also on the depiction of family and children scenes, with which he amazes his collectors, who appreciate the humorous and in parts anecdotic atmosphere of this genre scenes. Often, so as in this work, the artist emphasizes the meaning of the grandparents in the family relationship. A bigger version of our painting is a part the exhibition of Museo Civico Revoltella, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, in Triest (compare Mentzafou-Polyzou, No. 44). A significantly smaller version, stylistic strongly reduced, is in possession of the art collection of the Greek parliament (compare Mentzafou-Polyzou, No. 42). It wasn’t a rare event, that Jakobides made more versions of a popular motif, at least in smaller formats, which is a sign for his also during his life successful career. Our detailed full of love depiction of the grandmother, who brushes the hair of her granddaughter, is emphasized anecdotic through the stubborn, almost bored look of the granddaughter. The painter puts importance to the differences material qualities and so proves his naturalistic academism. The painting was made three before his wife died. This event marks a break in Jakobides work, as from this moment on there are no more happy naturalistic children depictions. Condition: The painting is in good condition. With an old retouch in the left upper are, with a patch on the reverse. Fine craquelure. The framework is rubbed. It measures 65 x 47 cm and the frame 98 x 81 cm. Georgios Jakobides (1853-1932) The Greek painter was born in 1853 on Lesbos. He started an education as sculptor in 1870 and in the same year started his studies in the Academy of Art in Athens. With a state grant he visited the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich 1877, where he studied under Gabriel von Max and Wilhelm von Lindenschmidt. Already in 1878 he participated with three of his works in the World Fair in Paris and finishes his studies in 1883. At this time he was already known an outstanding academic painter and was renown in the Munich society. The main topics of his paintings were genre scenes, which were completed by Children depictions. In 1900 he became general director of the Greek art collection und in 1910 became the president of the art academy in Athens. He died in 1932. His works can be found in important museums an collections such as the Art Institute of Chicago. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
GEORG JAKOBIDES (MITYLENE 1853-1932) Jeune garçon assis lisant signé 'J. Jakobidès' pierre noire, craie bleue, rouge et blanche, estompe 22,8 x 17,7 cm. (9 x 7 in.)
GEORG JAKOBIDES (MITYLENE 1853-1932) Jeune garçon assis lisant signé 'J. Jakobidès' pierre noire, craie bleue, rouge et blanche, estompe 22,8 x 17,7 cm. (9 x 7 in.)
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