The Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece

Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908 - 1986)

Watercolour on paper

c.1944-1946

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection

    In this painting by Osbert Lancaster, a dusky blue Mount Athos rises above the domes and towers of the buildings in the foreground, which cluster together like parts of a stage set. Mount Athos, the "Holy Mountain" on the Halkidiki peninsula of northern Greece, is the site of several monasteries. The Vatopedi monastery is the largest of these, and is shown here with its deep red walls and grey roofs. Osbert Lancaster worked as press attaché at the British Embassy in Athens from 1944 to 1946 and travelled around Greece after the end of the Second World War.

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    Artist
    Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908 - 1986)
    Title
    The Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece
    Date
    c.1944-1946
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 29.00 cm, width: 40.40 cm
    Acquisition
    Presented by Anne Scott-James, Lady Lancaster, February 1999
    Inscription
    none visible
    Provenance
    The artist's widow
    GAC number
    17379