— 1957

"AUGI" 27 Feb. 1958
VISUAL ARTS
TH. MARKELOS: OLD MADRID
THE EXHIBITION OF THEOD. MARKELOS
In the large hall of "Parnassus"
A new painter, Mr. Theod. Markellos, presents a rich body of work in the large hall of "Parnassus". Quality and quantity harmonize perfectly, leaving one with a sense of euphoria before the harmony of colors generously offered on the canvas, like a festive celebration.

Mr. Markellos is primarily a landscape painter. His subjects come from Spain (Madrid and Seville), Paris, and Greece. He strives to convey onto his canvases the very same emotion he felt before the Spanish landscape. He remains free in his impressions, unconcerned with stylistic dilemmas. He works boldly with his colors; his paintings are filled with light, a light that does not neutralize the colors but rather highlights their full brilliance.

Mr. Markellos works with discernment and always has a subject. He draws his inspiration from the world around us. And his inspiration is purely chromatic. The subject is always the pretext for showcasing color combinations found in nature, which moved the artist as such, who tries to give them to us through his work with the hidden hope that they will make us feel the same joys.

In this atmosphere, Mr. Markellos moves, unbound by any specific school, remaining faithful to the painting of tradition. A tendency toward simplification in drawing and color appears in the later part of his work (landscapes mainly from Greece), whereas in earlier paintings one finds strong impressionistic tendencies. His trip to Spain gave him the opportunity to study the great Spanish painters, but it does not seem that this study influenced him additionally. He studied the Spanish landscape and light more closely, attempting to capture its character. But before his subject, he always remains a receiver. A receiver full of sensitivity. He does not see the landscape starting from a predetermined mood. His mood is given, the emotion is born within him, and he gives us this emotion. But the artist is not only a receiver; he cannot remain neutral. We would expect Mr. Markellos to enchant us with this ability of his to perceive in synthetic works. He already has enough experience from direct contact with light. Our era, indeed, every ready-made thing is shaken by problems, and these problems, this life that moves around us and within us, are the only theme of art. Why do we limit ourselves only to chromatic harmonies, to calm or turbulent landscapes? What about us? Life has infinite forms.

Naturally, every thoughtful artist has his own world and moves within it. And emotion is often something entirely subjective. Mr. Markellos animates in his own way and in his own climate, and manages in many of his paintings to immerse us in that climate, to give us the emotion he felt. (Road - 1, Dusk - 15, Afternoon - 21, Landscape of Kastelli - 31, Autumn - 47, Marseille, road - 86, Landscape of Corinthia - 62, Park - 36. This and no other is something else, and that is his purpose, and I can say that he achieved it.
MILATOS - AR DH'
"Hygienic Voice,"
25 Feb. 1958.
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Two interesting exhibitions of young painters at "Parnassus": Those of Mr. Th. Markellos and Mr. K. Linakis. Mr. Markellos, whose works have been exhibited in last year's Panhellenic, the International in Moscow, and the Philharmonic Salon in Madrid, comes to us from Spain where he underwent further education for three years with
more than a hundred oil paintings, small and large, basically landscapes and mainly from Spain. However, there are also a few pieces from Greece, France, and Italy. Mr. Markellos is an impressionist with a solid drawing who, through a realistic program, conveys a psychological content. In this, he is helped by a unique chromatic poetry of colors. He manages, even in the most intense and bold colors, to give a warmth and a breath that is transmitted elsewhere in a lukewarm haze, elsewhere in a psychological warmth, and elsewhere in an idealized elevation. Thus, his coloristically bold pieces no. 7, 8, 16, 17, 24, 32, 36, 65, 69, etc., represent a natural freshness, while in others he subdues the light, the light of the day no. (19) or the light of the night (no. 34, no. 44). Even in the most anti-poetic subjects, such as a cargo ship (no. 80, no. 101) or the semaphore of a railway station (no. 49), the realistic harshness disappears under a multifaceted life.

Another characteristic of Mr. Markellos is how much he has absorbed the Spanish atmosphere. And after expressing it with authenticity no. 1, 14, 19, 46, 52, 53, 54, 64, etc., he involuntarily transferred it to the landscapes of France, and even to the Greek ones. But Mr. Markellos shows us another characteristic of his. That his style is constantly advancing in new searches. He clearly shows us this in paintings 83, 86, 87, 89, where, carving a new path in his art, he discovers the Greek atmosphere in a particularly aesthetic way.
OLD MADRID
(Oil painting by Th. Markellos)
Scholarship of the Spanish government and exhibited at "Parnassus" always
Law 5945 issue 114 the T. S. A. Y.
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