1866-1904
In 1866, N. Lytras was appointed as a professor of Advanced Painting at the School of Fine Arts in Athens. He would teach there for thirty-eight full years. During these years, he traveled, mainly with N. Gysis, to the East, Paris, and Munich.
In 1876, the two friends were in Paris, the year the Impressionist painters held two exhibitions. However, N. Lytras seems to have been unaffected by this event.
This may be natural as Impressionism was still considered marginal to the official art of the time, especially for artists with a conservative education like Lytras.
In 1879, the painter married Eirini Kyriakidi, the daughter of a merchant from Smyrna. The couple had five sons and a daughter.
In the following years, N. Lytras devoted himself to teaching and artistic creation. He died on June 13, 1904, after a short period of illness, likely caused by poisoning from the chemicals in the paints.
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