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Oil on canvas Greece, around 1900 Thalia Flora-Caravia (1871-1960) - Greek painter and draftswoman Signed lower right 'Thalia Flora Caravia' Stamped on the stretcher Dimensions: 32.8 x 46 cm Provenance: Private collection, Germany Flora-Caravia's works are of dynamic ductus and impressionist perception; the auction record for a painting of the artist is set at above €17,000 This painting was created by the Greek artist Thalia Flora-Caravia around 1900. She depicts the scene at a river with a forest to the left and some boats enlivening the water in a loose manner. The artist's works are characterized by a dynamic loose brushwork and an impressionist perception of the subject matters that are mainly inspired by her home country. The painting is signed lower right 'Thalia Flora Caravia'. The surface is somewhat soiled. There is a patch on the back, where on recto is a small hole. The image 32.8 x 46 cm and the total dimensions, including the frame, are 39.5 x 53 cm. Thalia Flora-Caravia (1871-1960) The Greek painter was born in Siatista, grew up in Constantinople and lived in Athens before she moved to Munich for her studies in 1895. Here she studied painting under Nikolaos Gyzis, Georgios Iakovidis, Anton Ažbè and Walter Thor until 1898. She was honored at the World Fair in Paris with a 'mention honorable' in 1900. She organized successful special exhibitions of her works at the art association exhibitions in Munich, Mannheim and Weimar etc. in 1905 and 1906, also in Constantinople in 1912. She received exhibition medals in Athens in 1903 and in Bordeaux in 1907. She got married to the journalist Nikos Karavias in Alexandria in 1907, where she established an art school and lived until 1940. She saw the Balkan Wars of 1912 to 1913, which appear in numerous of her works. Further awards were the silver medal of the Academy of Athens in 1945 and the Archangel's Cross of the Order of Benevolence in 1954. (tm) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.