 Both academic and personal bonds developed between early Greek painters and Munich artistry giving birth to the Greek "Munich School" of painting.Nikolaos Gysis was an important teacher and artist at the Munich Academy and he soon became a leading figure among Greek artists.Academism, realism, genre painting, upper middle class portraiture, still life and landscape painting, often representing impressionist features, will be replaced in the end of the 19th century by Symbolism, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, which are mainly traced in the work of Nikolaos Gysis, Aristeas and others.