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Born in Eleusis and deceased in Athens, Thanos Tsingos began his career in architecture: he studied it at the National Technical University of Athens from 1931 to 1936, then practised before the Second World War. Mobilised in the Middle East, he was imprisoned and pardoned in 1946. He turned to stage design and painting.
A Greek painter associated with Tachism and Informel art, Tsingos worked at the boundary between figuration and abstraction. His practice involved the use of his hands and knives; at times, he also squeezed paint directly from the tube onto the canvas. The series Les Fleurs illustrates this tension between figurative recognition and abstraction.
Retrospectives were devoted to him in Athens in 1965, the year of his death, and then at the Centre Pompidou in 1980.
The provenance given for the work Trois bateaux mentions Alex Maguy and the Galerie de l’Élysée in Paris. The work was sold at auction for CHF 16,000, excluding fees.
This profile brings together identity references for Thanos Tsingos and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
6 references are documented at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Germann, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Maisons au port, 1959
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-06-19
Published result : 9891 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Oil on canvas
Fleurs
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-06-19
Published result : 14507 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Oil on canvas
Fleurs
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-06-19
Published result : 6594 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on hardboard
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Hartfaserplatte
Catalogue period : 2024-06-19
Published result : 6594 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Oil on canvas
Trois bateaux, 1959
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
Composition abstraite
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-03-14
Published result : 5000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
