Our acquaintance, friendship and work with Theodore Antoniades developed in a short space of time, as happens with people who, at their very first meeting, already feel that they are linked up by a common bond. With his splendid appearance, his knowledge, his warmth, his generosity, he found an ideal outlet in his post as Director of the Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes.

     When the news of Theo's tragic death in an automobile accident reached our Faculty and graduate students here at Columbia University, it occasioned great shock and consternation. For Theo's presence among us is remembered.

     ".. In ancient Greece the word of "Arts" was technai or as we say in English today, technique. I believe that is not a coincidence but to them the issue of mastering the technical element was more or less everything."

     As one of Theo's advisors in the graduate program at Columbia, I visited his studio regularly and followed his development closely. Not only was he an excellent painter, but he was one of the finest individuals to come through the program.
His paintings - both powerful and personal -were full of promise. We will all miss him.

     The painting Theodore Antoniades for a small period of time, was the manager of the popular Art Galery of Rhodes, and durinh his 10 years career, he made more than ....pieces. The presentation of works is in two main units. In the first unit we have those works completed during the first years of his artistic career, consisting of the artist's studies and observations of his natural-environment, and in the second unit we have the work produced during the period he spent in the U.S.A. In these latter works we see how the artist uses his imagination to renew his portrayal of the worId around him.

The Abstract Chrom,odynamic Landscapes of Theodore Antoniades

     We cannot know what artistic trajectory would have been described by Theodore Antoniades had his life and development not been abruptly cut off at an early age. The sketches, paintings and the few notes which he left, however, reveal his serious artistic idiom, his frank approach and his competence and control of both ideas and medium. Finally, the artist's radicalism vis-('f-vis established positions and values is expressed in his work through a creative, revisionary intervention.

     The collection presented includes representable pieces of Theodore Antoniades.