GEORGE KOTSAKIS (GREEK FL.1920/30s)
Seascape
signed (lower right)
oil on canvas
53.5 x 74 cm

PROVENANCE:
Rear Admiral Sir Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan, KBE, CB, DSO, MVO, DL (1885 – 1976)
Commissioned by the the Greek Naval War academy 1929-1931 and:
Commander p. Angelis. Director 1929-1931
Commander C. Alexandris
Commander p. Antonopoulos
Commander A.Pimotis
Commander E. Hadzidimitriou
Commander A. Polysois
Commander J.Hulkiopoulos
Commander E. Cavadias
Commander P.Vandoros
Lt-Commander E. Georgoupopoules
and others to commend: (label attached, verso)

Rear Admiral Sir Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan, KBE, CB, DSO, MVO, DL (1885 – 1976) working as Naval Attaché to the British diplomatic missions in Athens and Rome until 1931.

Greek artist ALEBIZOS TASSOS (1914-1985) attended the painting classes of George Kotsakis. In 1930, at age 16, he was admitted to the Athens School of Fine Arts - ASFA. There he took courses in sculpture and painting workshops of Thomas Thomopoulos, Umberto Argyros and Constantine Parthenis.