Marios Prassinos was born in 1916 in Istanbul but grew up and studied in Paris, where he moved with his family after the expulsion of ethnic Greeks from Turkey in 1922. In 1932, he enrolled at the Ecole des Langues Orientales and had his first painting lessons with Clement Serveau. Two years later he began to study at the Faculte des Lettres in Paris. Characteristic of his work is his involvement with the theatre, his production of book illustrations and covers, his ongoing interest in transcending the threshold between knowledge and intuition, between the physical and the metaphysical world, and his approach to painting as writing. These are the main directions in his work, which also reflect the topics he investigated, from his earlier work, consisting of portraits and self-portraits already in a surrealistic direction, to the introversion of his renderings of the natural landscape, after he moved to Eygalieres, in the South of France.Read moreRead less
TITLE: BOUQUET MEDIUM: INK ON PAPER LAID ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 106x75 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW AND DATED (13/01/1959) ABOVE (THE ARTWORKIS ACCOMPANIED WITH A FRAME) In this artwork, Marios Prassinos orchestrates flowers and forms into a harmonious dance of color and shape, where brushwork is crisp and lively, capturing the breath of life with expressive freshness. His technique, rooted in surrealism and modern painting, highlights material presence and rhythm, imbuing the composition with a strong inner musicality. A work that reflects Prassinos’s sensitivity and innovative vision, transforming an everyday motif into a source of visual delight.
MARIO PRASSINOS - (1916 - 1985) - ALPILLES
TITLE: ALPILLES MEDIUM: BLUE INK ON PAPER PADED ON WOOD DIMENSIONS: 75Χ105 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1975) BELOW
MARIO PRASSINOS - (1916 - 1985) - COMPOSITION
TITLE: COMPOSITION MEDIUM: INK ON PAPER DIMENSIONS: 31X24 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
MARIO PRASSINOS - (1916 - 1985) - LANDSCAPE
TITLE: LANDSCAPE MEDIUM: OIL ON PAPER PADED ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 80Χ120 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (83) BELOW
MARIOS PRASINOS - FACE (1916 - 1985)
FACE OIL ON CANVAS 92 x 72 CM SIGNED ON THE UPPER SIDE AND DATED IN THE BACK (΄74)
