 As efforts persisted with new directions and objectives, Greek artists emerging in the world during the first decades of the 19th century reconnected Greek art with its ancient tradition, as well as with the quests of the European ateliers, especially those of the Munich School, with defining examples of the Greek contemporary art of the period including the works of Theodoros Vryzakis and Nikiphoros Lytras.At the beginning of the 20th century landscape painting held sway and the interest of painters turned toward the study of light and color.The dependence of Munich slackened and Paris became the pole of attraction for the artists of the period.