Παναγιώτης Τέτσης

Panayiotis Tetsis was a Greek painter. Tetsis was a genuine exponent of the post-impressionistic seascape tradition.

Born in 1925 on the island of Hydra, where he spent his childhood and early teenage years, Tetsis moved to Piraeus in 1937 .

Legacy

Though the artist depicts marine themes that are familiar to him – mostly set against the backdrop of Hydra and Sifnos. “If I take a long voyage at sea, I get bored,” Tetsis says, “and I don’t agree with Cavafy that headed for Ithaca we ought to hope that the voyage lasts as long as possible.” And he adds: “I paint a large number of my seas from memory. I don’t need to paint them from life. And even if I do, I change them later in my studio, even changing them totally.”

Balancing discipline and emotion, Tetsis regards himself as a painter driven by the senses. His singularity, according to Koutsomallis, consists in his combination of “elegiac colour tones, compositional clarity and precision, thematic variety, a monumental character and freely, openly sketched contours”.

In 1949 Tetsis along with Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Yannis Moralis, Nikos Nikolaou, Nikos Engonopoulos and Yiannis Tsarouchis, established the “Armos” art group.

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Panayiotis Tetsis

Citronne Gallery is in an 18th century building, an austere example of island architecture, on the promenade of Poros. The name of the gallery refers to Poros’ well-known lemon grove and to the novel with the same title, published in 1930 by Κosmas Politis. In addition to Politis, Poros is linked to Yiorgos Theotokas and the Nobel laureate Yiorgos Seferis, two important representa1ives of the literary generation of the 30 s, who found in the island an especially beloved summer destination and a secluded location for writing. Α determining element to Citronne’s identity derives from its geographical location. Poros is an atypical island with a transitory nature. Its central position among the Saronic islands, its close distance to Athens in relatively calm seas, its proximity and special economic and social interaction to the Peloponnesian coast across it, and its large and inviting natural harbor, make Poros, as its name suggests, a passing point. People have been moving in and out of Poros in a way unusual for other islands, whose isolated nature makes them destinations and thus more static. Part of the identity of Citronne as an art space derives from that transitory “movement” that takes place in Poros. Citronne operates only during the months of summer; to bring an intellectual stimulus outside the urban centers to a cross point; a passage – ‘”poros” – and in an oxymoron way aims to become a destination, to create a “central” reference point where people can meet, exchange ideas, be enriched through their exposure to the exhibited works. We hope to revitalize the artistic scene in the island and create an intellectual discourse during the three months of each summer.

Η επετειακή έκθεση “10 Καλοκαίρια Citronne- Εικαστικές Σηματοδοτικές Αναφορές” που παρουσιάστηκε φέτος το καλοκαίρι στον Πόρο, ολοκληρώνεται την Τρίτη, 1.9.2015 .

Η γκαλερί είναι ανοιχτή καθημερινά,με ώρες λειτουργίας 11.00 – 13.00 και 19.00 – 23.00

Οι καλλιτέχνες που συνεργάστηκαν με την γκαλερί και των οποίων εκτίθενται έργα είναι (με αλφαβητική σειρά): Γιάννης Αδαμάκος, Στήβεν Aντωνάκος, Άγγελος Αντωνόπουλος, Κώστας Βαρώτσος, Νανά Βέττα , Κρις Γιανάκος, Μάκης Θεοφυλακτόπουλος, Βασίλης Θεοχαράκης, Κατερίνα Καλούδη, Mιχάλης Κατζουράκης, Δημοσθένης Κοκκινίδης, Δημήτρης Κούκος, Αλέκος Κυραρίνης, Aφροδίτη Λίτη, Robert McCabe, Τάσος Μαντζαβίνος, Χρόνης Μπότσογλου, Κωνσταντίνος Ξενάκης, Μίνα Παπαθεοδώρου-Βαλυράκη, Κώστας Παπανικολάου, Peter Seibt, Σωτήρης Σόρογκας, Παναγιώτης Τέτσης, Μαρία Φιλοπούλου, Μαρκ Χατζηπατέρας και Γιάννης Ψυχοπαίδης.