The exhibition "Theodoros Ralli: Looking East" is opening tomorrow (11.12) at the Benaki Museum and will be running until February 22.

Born in Constantinople and having lived most of his life in France, this cosmopolitan painter’s work was influenced by the academic technique of the French school, and has contributed to the creation of a new artistic tradition in Greece.

The exhibition reveals the work of this prominent Greek artist though selected paintings, documents, correspondence and photographs.

His drawings for the illustration of books, works inspired by literature and poetry, excerpts from the diary he kept while visiting Mount Athos, as well as a selection of his articles published in the press, are also on show. The exhibition is accompanied by a bi-lingual publication.