Roloff Beny

Nostalgia in Nauplia

Roloff Beny's original lithograph, "Nostalgia in Nauplia" is printed upon fine, hand-made paper and with full margins as published in the limited edition of fifty impressions in 1950. It is signed in pencil by the artist to the lower right. "Nostalgia in Nauplia" is a striking, original example of the lithographic art created by the Canadian artist, Roloff Beny.

Original Lithograph by the Canadian artist, Roloff Beny

Nostalgia in Nauplia

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Title:	Nostalgia in Nauplia
Artist:	Beny, Roloff (Medicine Hat, Canada, 1924 - Rome, 1984)
Date:	1950
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	Roloff Beny: One of Canada's better modern artists and certainly its most famous photographer, Roloff Beny graduated from Trinity College, Toronto, after concentrating upon art, archeology and classical studies. He then received a scholarship (1945) to study lithography and etching at Iowa State University, under Mauricio Lansansky. Roloff Beny first distinguished himself in the fields of painting and original printmaking. In this latter category he created two outstanding sets; the etchings for Village of Souls (1948) and the lithographs for An Aegean Notebook (1950). Nostalgia in Nauplia hails from last named set. Altogether An Aegean Notebook comprised twenty original Roloff Beny lithographs dealing with scenes in Greece and the island of Crete. Nauplia is situated in the Peloponesus, an area that intrigued Roloff Beny both artistically and from the standpoint of its ancient architecture and archeology.
	In 1950, a bout with rheumatic fever brought Roloff Beny home from Venice to his parents in Lethbridge, Alberta. He used that time to create many of the lithographs found in An Aegean Notebook. The entire set was published later that year in Canada. Each lithograph was limited to fifty signed impressions.
	It is interesting to compare this fine work of art with Roloff Beny's first collection of photographs published in 1958 under the title of Thrones of Heaven. These photographs, along with Times of the Gods (1962), deal with the Mediterranean and with ancient Greece, in particular. Thus Roloff Beny managed to convey the spirit of this area in different mediums.
	In 1967 Roloff Beny received the Order of Canada. Today his original prints are found in such collections as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University, Yale University and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Edition:	Limited edition of fifty signed impressions.
Source:	An Aegean Notebook
Size:	9 X 9 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $295.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made paper and with full margins as published in the limited edition of fifty impressions in 1950. Signed in pencil by the artist to the lower right. A strongly printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Nostalgia in Nauplia represents a striking, original example of the art of Roloff Beny.
Subject:	Roloff Beny, Nostalgia in Nauplia, original lithograph, photographer, An Aegean Notebook, Peloponesus, Canadian Artists, Order of Canada, Canadian artist.
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