J. Mita - He zoe kai to ergo tou Gianne Metarake 1897-1963

Benaki Museum 2006. Brand new. In greek. Clothbound, 33x25 cm, 395 pp., 203 color and B/W pictures. // J. Mita - The Life and the Work of Yannis Mitarakis (1867-1963): In this in-depth study, Eugenios D. Matthiopoulos attempts to interpret the themes investigated and technical developments made by the painter, placing the latter's works within the broader historical and social framework and correlating his efforts, on the one hand, with changes in the dominant worldwide artistic paradigm and, on the other hand, with developments in the local horizon of expectations of the art world. The volume contains a researched and documented timeline of the life of Yannis Mitarakis, illustrated with many photographs and documents from the artist's archive, as well as a selection of critical publications from the press of his era. This book also contains a detailed catalogue of solo and group exhibitions in which the artist participated, a detailed bibliography / list of articles concerning his life and a fully illustrated catalogue of the 203 paintings of the Pavlos Mitarakis bequest, which were compiled and documented carefully by Constantinos Papachristou. // J. Mita. La vida y la obra de Giannis Mitarakis (1867-1963). Descripcion: En su extenso estudio Evgenios D. Matthiopoulos intenta interpretar las indagaciones tematicas y la evolucion estilistica del pintor, insertando sus obras en sus mas amplios contextos historico-sociales y poniendo en relacion sus esfuerzos, por un lado, con los cambios del modelo artistico imperante a nivel internacional, y, por otro, con los cambios del horizonte local de aspiraciones del mundo del arte. El volumen incluye una cuidada cronologia de la vida de Giannis Mitarakis, ilustrado con numerosas fotografias y documentos de su archivo, asi como una seleccion de criticas publicadas por la prensa de la epoca. La publicacion incluye tambien un detallado catalogo de las exposiciones individuales y colectivas de pintor, una rigurosa bibliografia de libros y articulos relativos a su obra, y un catalogo ilustrado completo de las 203 obras pictoricas de la donacion de Pavlos Mitarakis, ordenadas y documentadas cuidadosamente por Constantinos Papachristou.