The Art Collection in the exhibition “Painting in the Ionian Islands: 18th-19th century”

The Alpha Bank Art Collection is loaning 1 work of art by Charalambos Pachis to the exhibition hosted by the Ionian University and the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Corfu Annex:

• Corfu, 1863-70, oil on canvas, 53 x 121 cm

200-year anniversary of the Ionian Academy

The exhibition marks the 200-year anniversary since the founding of the Ionian Academy and is hosted in the renovated exhibition hall of the National Gallery on Corfu.

70 works spanning from the Venetian rule to the 19th century

The exhibition presents more than 70 works from the National Gallery collection, as well as from museums, archives and cultural institutions in Greece.

The exhibits showcase the artistic production on the Ionian Islands from the late Venetian rule to the decades after the Islands joined Greece and highlight a decisive period for shaping modern Greek art.

The work by Pachis, in particular, depicts 19th-century Corfu and showcases the landscape tradition of the Ionian School and the artist’s contribution to Ionian painting.

Find out more about the participation of the Art Collection in the exhibition “Painting in the Ionian Islands: 18th-19th century”.