"Nature, Intimation and Immediacy Νο 12", 1992
By Stavros Ioannou (1945-2009)
Oil on canvas, 100Χ100 cm.
Inv. No.: P-61

Born in Athens, Stavros Ioannou studied painting with Yannis Moralis at the School of Fine Arts, of which he graduated in 1976.  That same year he had his first one-man exhibition in Athens.  He has also participated in a series of group shows in Athens and abroad.  He has been awarded with the 1st Prize for Painting of the House of Arts and Letters (1979) and with a distinction at the Balkan Plastic Arts Exhibition in Bucharest (1980).  His work belongs to the abstract expressionism and he is considered as the most authoritative representative of the youngest generation of Greek expressionists.  Stavros Ioannou passed away in Athens (2009).

P.D.Cangelaris, Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris Collection, vol.2, Athens 1999