VASILIS ZENETZIS, THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED GREECE FOR FIFTY YEARS
AEGINA ISLAND
TODAY I WILL WRITE A FEW WORDS ABOUT AN ARTIST THAT GREECE KNOWS A LITTLE ABOUT BUT INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS HAVE HAD A TASTE OF HIS WORK IN LONDON.
ZENETZIS PAINTING ON THE ACROPOLIS DURING THE ATHENS OLYMPICS OF 2004
WHEN THE THREE BIGGEST AUCTION ROOMS IN THE WORLD, SOTHEBYS, CHRISTIES AND BONHAMS SELL WORKS OF AN ARTIST, THE INVESTORS TAKE NOTICE AND EXPECT MORE THINGS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO INVEST AND MAKE A GOOD PROFIT ON RESELLING. ZENETZIS WAS SUCH AN ARTIST UNTIL THE GREEK ECONOMY COLLAPSED AND THINGS CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP.
FOR HOW LONG, NOBODY KNOWS BUT WE DO KNOW VERY WELL: QUALITY OF ART AND ESPECIALLY IMPRESSIONIST ART IS ALWAYS POPULAR AND IN DEMAND.
PETER CONSTANT