01 Marine Painting - Vasilios Chatzis' Byzantine naval battle, with Footnotes #386

Vasilios Chatzis (Greek, 1870-1915)

Byzantine naval battle

Oil on card

25 x 22.5 cm

Private collection

Sold for £6,312.50 in May 2020

"Two years ago, Vassilios Hatzis undertook to bring back to life an entire historical era, and since then has been engaged in the depiction of the Byzantine fleet. Since there are no previous studies in this field to assist him in his work, his historical research has been, and still is, rather painstaking." More on this painting

Vasileios Hatzis or Vassileios Chatzis (1870 – 1915) was a Greek painter who was best known for his seascapes.

Vasileios Hatzis was born in 1870 in Kastoria. His family was involved in shipping, and he spent his childhood in Patras. From 1886 to 1893 he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts . During the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 the government assigned him to the navy, where he portrayed action scenes of the Greek fleet. He died in Athens in 1915

Hatzis is primarily known for his seascapes, but also painted landscapes and genre scenes from the life of farmers and fishermen. His work includes both academic and en plein air styles. The influence of impressionism may be detected in his work. He first exhibited in Athens in 1899, and his works were shown in group exhibitions in Athens (1902, 1907, 1909, 1910) and Alexandria (1903, 1906). A solo exhibition was held soon after his death at the Zappeion hall in Athens that showed more than 260 works. More on Vasileios Hatzis 

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