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Monday, June 24, 2013
Shipping Giant Economou Likes 1920s Rotting Art
(George Economou Collection) Conrad Felixmuller's The Beggar of Prachatitz, from 1924, is one of the bleak pieces from that decade and the kind of art that George Economou prefers to collect. Greek shipping magnate George Economou considers himself "a very happy person - alive and vivid." Yet one of his main artistic focuses is the grim European period between the two world wars. ...
