Codrington spent much time in Cyprus and travelled all over the island. His brushes and palette were employed to glorify the light and the colours of the landscape and to record most of the important monuments. The small Agios Evlalios chapel in Lambousa, although much photographed, is rarely depicted in watercolours or oils.
The chapel was built in the 15th century over a Byzantine church of the 7th century and was renowned not only for its picturesque location by the seashore but also because it stood amongst the ruins of an ancient town.
John Codrington was born in England in 1898. He had a career as a British Army officer, but his true passions were gardens and watercolour paintings, which he never exhibited, thus leaving nearly 4.000 pictures to his nephew when he died.
🎨 PNT-00108 > Codrington, John (1898-1991) > Lambousa, Watercolour, 10x16 cm, 1960
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