Ektor Doukas was a Greek painter, a member of the Munich School, whose style combined academic elements with impressionism and expressionism.
10 Facts About Ektor Doukas
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Ektor Doukas went to Munich in 1907 and studied painting at the Munich Academy under Ludwig von Lofftz.
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Ektor Doukas then moved to Paris, where he studied at the Academie Julian.
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Ektor Doukas eventually returned to Greece, and died in Athens in 1969.
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Ektor Doukas began to exhibit in Greece while still a student in Munich.
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Ektor Doukas's well-known painting of women carrying ammunition in Pindos during the War of 1940 is held by the National Historical Museum, Athens.
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Ektor Doukas's works depicted Greek pastoral realism and genre scenes.
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Ektor Doukas's work included portraits, still lifes, landscapes and seascapes.
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Ektor Doukas said that he avoided anything that resembled a cut-and-paste from nature, but wanted his work to be understandable without any explanation, or even any title.
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Ektor Doukas won particular attention for his portraits of the Duchess of Mecklenburg and Princess Amelie Louise of Arenberg.