"Seated Figure ΙΙΙ", 1981
By Yannis Paraskevadis (1939-2004)
Water-colour on paper, 39Χ28 cm.
Inv. No.: P-26

Born at Piraeus, Yannis Paraskevadis studied very young (at the age of 16) with Giorgos Vakirtzis (1956-1960).  He later continued his studies at the Preparatory Workshop of the School of Fine Arts, Athens (1959-1960).  He had his first solo exhibition in Athens (1979).  He has participated to the 10th and 11th Pan-Hellenic exhibitions as well.  He worked in the domain of publicity.  His painting has a distinct personal style in the frame of abstract expressionism.  Yannis Paraskevadis passed away in Piraeus (2004).

P.D.Cangelaris, Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris Collection, vol.1, Athens 1991