1951 – 1955
Setting off from the earliest stage of his paintings, which were mainly figurative depictions, two sub-categories and periods emerged: the first one being referred to as the “grey brushstroke” (1940-1948) and the other one as the “vertical brushstroke” (1949-1950). These were followed by a period of “naive vision” with landscape paintings painted in a large number of variations.
In the works from the period 1952-1957 can be clearly seen the procedures that Spyropoulos adopted in order to arrive at Abstraction, through the transcendence of the naturalistic object.
1942
Narcissi

19 × 14 cm
Oil on canvas

1943
Study for open market

37 × 54 cm
Oil on canvas

1945
Harbour of Hydra

60 × 75 cm
Oil on paper

1948
At the quarry

40 × 50 cm
Oil on canvas

1949
Olives I

32 × 45 cm
Oil on paper

1950
Kalavrita, path by the creek Ι

60 × 80 cm
Oil on canvas

1950
Still Life with Pitcher ΙΙ

23 × 31 cm
Oil on paper

1950
Still Life with Pitcher Ι

58 × 78 cm
Oil on canvas

1950
Olives

60 × 80 cm
Oil on canvas

1952
Grandfather and grandson

40 × 30 cm
Oil on paper
