Οικογένεια Αρβανιτόβλαχων

Οικογένεια Αρβανιτόβλαχων

Theofilos (Hadjimichail)

1933

From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus

About this work

This painting shows a family dressed in traditional clothes, sitting close together. The colors are bright and flat, like folk art. The artist painted details with care, like the patterns on their clothes. The ofilos worked alone on the island of Lesvos. He painted what he saw around him, not what fancy art schools wanted. This print feels alive because of that. Next time you’re in the Museum of Ethnography, look for his name on the walls.

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