‘I’m first a painter and then a poet.’ With this straightforward statement made in an interview to Thanassis Niarchos (Thessalia Volou newspaper, 1976), Nikos Engonopoulos elucidates his commitment and stance towards art. With a sensibility of coherence and consistency, Engonopoulos achieved a personal, dense, readily recognisable visual style which fuses the present and the oneiric, myth and history. Quick-witted and judicious, he artfully
