Artwork
Ελληνικό τοπίο (Griechische Landschaft)
Ελληνικό τοπίο (Griechische Landschaft) is a print by Alfred Pohl. It dates from 1979 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.
About this work
This print shows a Greek landscape with bright blues, greens, and yellows. The colors feel loose, like Pohl painted them fast. You can almost taste the Mediterranean light in the way the sky bleeds into the water.
Pohl lived in Peru and Colombia for years. That changed his art. His woodcuts mix European styles with shapes from local art.
Look up Pohl, Alfred (1928-2019) to see more.
Overview
Alfred Pohl’s colour woodcut titled “Greek Landscape” depicts a sun‑lit seascape rendered in vivid blues, greens and yellows. The composition is loose and rapid, suggesting an impression of Mediterranean brightness that seems to dissolve the horizon into water. The print belongs to the later phase of Pohl’s career, when his experience in South America began to inform his European subjects.
Subject & Meaning
The image presents a coastal scene typical of the Aegean, with a sky that appears to bleed into the sea, evoking the intense, direct light of the region. While no narrative elements are explicit, the palette and atmosphere invite viewers to sense the openness and warmth of a Greek summer, allowing personal interpretation of the landscape’s mood.
Technique & Style
Executed as a colour woodcut, the work combines the bold outlines of traditional printmaking with a painterly application of hue.
Executed as a colour woodcut, the work combines the bold outlines of traditional printmaking with a painterly application of hue. Pohl’s handling of the block surfaces yields a spontaneous, almost gestural quality, while the overall design retains the structural clarity of European print traditions, subtly infused with motifs inspired by indigenous South American art he encountered during his years abroad.
History & Provenance
Created after Pohl’s extended residence in Peru and Colombia, the piece reflects the cross‑cultural dialogue that marked his post‑travel output. The artist, born in 1928 and active until his death in 2019, incorporated the visual language of the Andean and Amazonian peoples into his later European subjects, a synthesis evident in this Greek landscape print.
Artist & collection
Museum
Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
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