Collection

1981 ΤΑ ΒΟΥΝΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΗΛΙΟΒΑΣΙΛΕΜΑ

ακουαρελα σε χαρτι με τιτλο
«The mountains at sunset, chora Naxos” 1981
του Vita Gollancs (1926-2009)
υπογργραμμενο κατω δεξια VG

Born in 1926, Vita Gollancz was largely inspired by the 1930s. The period of the 1930s is characterised by the clashing of many political ideologies, including Marxist Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, and the Totalitarianism of both Communism and Fascism. In the Soviet Union, Stalin’s government needed urgent funds to implement the rapid industrialisation demanded by the first Five Year Plan. It initiated a secret proposal to sell off treasures from the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), including a primary list of two hundred and fifty unique paintings by the Old Masters, many which ended up in the collection of Andrew Mellon via the New York based art dealing company, Knoedler.