Until after the First World War, apart from folk art and icon painting, activity in the visual arts consisted primarily of sporadic exhibitions, Papaloukas' show in 1924 being one of the most important. Immediately afterwards, the work of the first generation of local painters bore the imprint of Byzantine tradition and the landscape of Thessaloniki.
The generation of the 60s, revitalized by the creative atmosphere fostered by the School of Philosophy at the University, the Polytechneio (Architecture and Engineering School) and "Techni", is distinguished by a variety of styles, most notably abstract painting of exceptional, often pioneering, quality.
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