SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Christos Karas (1930–2023), a Greek painter, studied with Yannis Moralis and Yannis Pappas in Athens before training in fresco painting in Paris. His career subsequently took him to New York, where a Ford Foundation grant enabled him to work from 1973 to 1975. Drawing remained a central element of his artistic inquiry.
In Three Graces, painted in 1974 and held by the Greek National Gallery, female figures and a still life emerge from a dark setting. Their almost spectral presence gives the scene an enigmatic atmosphere. Influences from Pop art and American hyperrealism then accompanied his reinterpretation of figurative painting. The European Parliament holds Objet qui Fume, dated 1982, another example of his poetic exploration of objects and their transformation within the picture.
This profile brings together identity references for Christos Caras and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Piguet · DognyAuction
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Oil on canvas
Fleurs et vases sur une table
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-06-05 — 2025-06-18
Published result : 850 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Colombes, vase et laurier,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-06-05 — 2025-06-18
Published result : 1100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Casque antique
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-06-05 — 2025-06-18
Published result : 850 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Bouquet de feuilles dans un vase noir
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-03-06 — 2025-03-19
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Colombes, vase et laurier,
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2025-03-06 — 2025-03-19
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Fleurs et vases sur une table
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-11-28 — 2024-12-11
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Casque antique
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-11-28 — 2024-12-11
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Acrylic
Nature morte aux pruneaux et feuilles
acrylique
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 650–900
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