Theodoros Markellos — Greek painter, landscapes and seascapes
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Landscape with Acrocorinth and Moon — 35.00 × 50.00 cm — Theodoros Markellos
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Landscape with Acrocorinth and Moon

MK381


Artist
Theodoros Markellos (1925–2015)
Medium
Oil on Fiberboard
Dimensions
35.00 × 50.00 cm
Category
Landscape
Signed
Lower right

About This Work

Moonlight spills over Acrocorinth, its steep form rising from the quiet land under a deep night sky.

The scene opens across a horizontal view, where rolling foreground terrain leads toward the fortified hill that holds the center. Soft blues and silvers shape the night landscape as the moon casts a gentle light, revealing the quiet contours of rock and ruin. Shadows rest softly, deepened by faint ochres and umbers on the lower slopes, offering a quiet contrast without sharpness. The brushwork feels refined and suggestive; details of walls and terraces are hinted at, not fixed, choosing mood over a precise record. The ancient citadel stands as a silent witness, its mass balanced against the open heavens, suggesting endurance and solitude in a place without figures or movement. Stillness settles over land and memory under the sky.