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- proper noun An older spelling of the town in
Greece located in the Lefkada prefecture. - proper noun An older spelling of the island in the western part of
Greece and is part of theIonian Islands chain.
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Examples
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A selection of late bronzes can be found throughout the show, making their U.S. debut, and a back room highlights smaller works by Stamos, including sketches, drawings and some additional "Lefkada" paintings.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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And it is in the "Lefkada" paintings that Stamos emerges as an eminently sensitive artist, of radiant fields of color and a painterly touch as playful as it is observant.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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The "Lefkada" paintings were begun in the heat of the trial and suffered from its backlash.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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Starting in 1970, Stamos made annual visits to the birthplace of his father, the Greek island of Lefkada, where Stamos would live and work in relative peace and isolation.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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Presiding over the main room are Stamos' paintings from his "Infinity Field, Lefkada Series."
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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Although Stamos was a convincing painter of more modest dimensions, the "Lefkada" paintings are, by and large, monumental in scale.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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As an artist, Stamos was keenly aware of what was happening around him; there isn't a phase in his work that doesn't reflect some significant influence, be it Milton Avery in his earliest landscapes or Mark Rothko in his "Lefkada" paintings.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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"Infinity Field, Lefkada Series 1979 - 1980" is a quintessential example.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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Theodoros Stamos, "Infinity Field, Lefkada Series 1979 - 1980"
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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The majority of the show is composed of some of Stamos' largest and most iconic work, 14 of which are from his "Infinity Field, Lefkada Series" -- an ambitious, epic of a series that Stamos worked on from 1970 until the mid-1990s.
Bobby Elliott: Keeping Stamos in the Picture at ACA Galleries Bobby Elliott 2012
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