Ioannis, Jean Altamura
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Sotheby's / Nov 22, 2010
€116,706.54 - €175,059.80
€183,935.32
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Ioannis, Jean Altamura - View Of Øresund With Kronborg Castle
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Ioannis (Jean) Altamuras, b. Athens 1852, d. Spetzais 1878
View of Øresund with Kronborg Castle, in the foreground men rowing. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 28 x 39 cm.
The Greek painter Ioannis (Jean) Altamuras is often described as the "Greek Skagen painter". King George I (The Danish prince Wilhelm) discovered Altamuras' talent for painting and helped him to join the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Altamuras was only 20 years old when he arrived and spent three years in Denmark. He met Michael Ancher, who also found out, that he was a gifted painter and they became friends. Through him Altamuras befriended Anna Ancher, Holger Drachmann and P. S. Krøyer. He was inspired by the Skagen painters, and he even went to sea with the frigate "Jylland" to get the right knowledge of the maritime world.
Altamuras painted Øresund and Kronborg many times during his stay in Denmark. See "Jean Altamuras. His life and works" , 2011 pp. 103, 124, 197-201.
Ioannis, Jean Altamura - View Of Øresund With Kronborg Castle
Original -
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
Ioannis (Jean) Altamuras, b.
Athens 1852, d.
Spetzais 1878
View of Øresund with Kronborg Castle, in the foreground men rowing.
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas.
28 x 39 cm.
The Greek painter Ioannis (Jean) Altamuras is often described as the "Greek Skagen painter".
King George I (The Danish prince Wilhelm) discovered Altamuras' talent for painting and helped him to join the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Altamuras was only 20 years old when he arrived and spent three years in Denmark.
He met Michael Ancher, who also found out, that he was a gifted painter and they became friends.
Through him Altamuras befriended Anna Ancher, Holger Drachmann and P.
S.
Krøyer.
He was inspired by the Skagen painters, and he even went to sea with the frigate "Jylland" to get the right knowledge of the maritime world.
Altamuras painted Øresund and Kronborg many times during his stay in Denmark.
See "Jean Altamuras.
His life and works" , 2011 pp.
103, 124, 197-201.
Ioannis, Jean Altamura - Evening In The Harbour
Original
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Ioannis (Jean) Altamura, b.
Athens 1852, d.
Spetzais 1878
Evening in the harbour.
Signed Altamura.
Oil on canvas.
19 x 28 cm.
The Greek painter Ioannis (Jean) Altamura is described asthe "Greek Skagen painter".
King George I (The Danishprince Wilhelm) discovered Altamura's talent for painting andhelped him to join the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Altamura was only 20 years old when he arrived and spent threeyears in Denmark.
He met Michael Ancher, who also foundout, that he was a gifted painter and they became friends.
Through him Altamura befriended Anna Ancher, Holger Drachmannand P.
S.
Kr�yer.
He was inspired by theSkagen painters, and he even went to sea with the frigate"Jylland"
to get the right knowledge of the maritimeworld.
A retrospective exhibition with a dominance of his Danish workscan be seen in the Benaki Museum in Athens in the spring of2011.
Ioannis, Jean Altamura - Frigate On Calm Waters
Original 1877
Auction:
Sotheby's -
Nov 22, 2010- London
Lot number:
83
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LOT 83
IOANNIS ALTAMOURAS
GREEK, 1852 - 1878
FRIGATE ON CALM WATERS
signed and dated 1877 lower right
oil on canvas
100,000—150,000 GBP
41 by 56cm., 16¼ by 22in.
This work will be included in the 2011 Ioannis AltamourasRetrospective at The Benaki Museum, Athens.
PROVENANCE
Y. Harami Collection
Sale: Stavros Mihalarias Art, Athens, 21 November 1988, lot53
Private Collection, Athens
EXHIBITED
Greek Artists Exhibition, 1948
CATALOGUE NOTE
The present work exemplifies the distinctive atmospheric effectsand silvery haze for which Altamouras' seascapes are known, and hasa certain lyricism, freshness and immediacy which reflect hisexposure to the currents of early Impressionism. His seascapes havea crisp light heartedness and sensitivity to atmospheric change,whether they illustrate the harbours, steamships andsailing-vessels of the North or of the Aegean. Though he died atthe early age of 26, Ioannis Altamoura's talents ensured that he isremembered as one of the finest Greek marine painters of hisgeneration, ranked alongside Volanakis and Chatzis.
Both of Altamouras' parents were respected painters, and hisprecocious artistic talent and inclination were encouraged from ayoung age, culminating in his studies at the School of Fine Arts inAthens under Nikiforos Lytras after which he was sent by KingGeorge I to Copenhagen on a painting scholarship. IronicallyAltamoura's passion for seascapes brought his life to a prematureend, when a long-term chest ailment was aggravated by his studiesin Denmark and his time exposed to the pernicious seaside climatein Greece.
Ioannis, Jean Altamura - Sailing Along The Coast, Skagen
Original
Auction:
Sotheby's -
Nov 11, 2008- London
Lot number:
24
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MEASUREMENTS
44 by 63.5cm., 17½ by 25in.
DESCRIPTION
signed, inscribed and dated Skagen 27 Aug 76 lower left
oil on canvas
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Athens (circa 1900); thence by descentAcquired by the present owner from the above
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Aphrodite Kouria, Fifty-Five Unknown Works
, Athens, 2002,illustrated
CATALOGUE NOTE
The present work, the largest and most important work of thisperiod, by the artist to appear at auction, was painted whileAltamoura was in Skagen, on the northern coast of Denmark. Thisregion is known for its unique natural beauty, comprising theshifting dunes of Sandmilen and the dramatic crashing waves thatare products of the collision between Kattegat and the North Sea.Altamouras portrayed the changing face of this area in hisseascapes several years before Skagen's plein air painters rose tointernational prominence.
Altamoura's landscapes, portraits and naval battles of the GreekWar of Independence paved the way for the marine works of fellowGreek artist Constantinos Volanakis.The son of the Italian Saverio Altamura, a professor at the Naplesschool of Fine Arts, and the painter Eleni Boukouri, Altamourasreceived his first fine art lessons from his mother at an earlyage. After studying between 1871-72 at the Athens School of FineArts under Nikephoros Lytras, Altamouras was awarded a scholarshipby Greece's King George I and attended the Royal Academy of FineArts in Copenhagen. This cultural cross-pollination was encouragedby George I, a Danish prince crowned by the Greek NationalAssembly, much as the Munich School of Greek painting hadflourished under King Otto I of Greece.