Constantine Pougialis - Chicago - Circa 1950s P3004

A very exciting expressionist take on the city. Art measures 18" x 24", Frame 20" x 26".

Constantine Pougialis was born in Xulokastro, Greece, and arrived in America in 1913.  The same year, the famous Armony Show took place, the introduction of the European Avant Garde Art in New York.  Pougialis learned from his father about the restoration of Byzantium pictures in the Greek Orthodox churches.  He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then traveled to Greece and Paris, where he completed his studies.  He traveled a lot in Mexico, Canada, Italy and Spain and then returned to Chicago where he became (1938-1962) one of the most popular lecturers of the Art Institute of Chicago.  "He painted people images and then passed to cubism and expressionism, and finally in abstract images" (Angelos Prokopiou, Art in United States, Athens 1961).

Exhibitions:
Art Institute of Chicago (From 1925 to 1950, Pougialis exhibited 31 times and he received awards in 1931, 1933, 1935 (two awards), 1936 and 1950.
Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of Art in New York,
Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington),
Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh), and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Philadelphia).

Some memorable exhibitions that Pougialis participated in, were: "Half a Century of American Art and the Century of Progress" (1933-1934, Chicago), and in the famous "New York World's Fair" (1939-1940), where Dali caused a scandal with his Pavillion and surrealist views.

Source:
This biography was submitted by Georgia Dede
Additional Information: The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago 1888-1950.