H EΛAIOΓPAΦIA ΣTH ΦYΣH HTAN AKOMH KAINOYPΓIA TEXNIKH. AYTH H ΔYNATOTHTA EIXE ΔOΘEI ΓIA ΠPΩTH ΦOPA ΣTOYΣ ZΩΓPAΦOYΣ ΣTH ΔEKAETIA TOY '40, OTAN EΦEYPEΘHKAN TA ΣΩΛHNAPIA ΓIA TH METAΦOPA TΩN XPΩMATΩN. ΣYMΦΩNA ME TON MΠOYNTEN, HTAN O MONOΣ TPOΠOΣ NA AIXMAΛΩTIΣEIΣ THN ΠPΩTH ENTYΠΩΣH, ΓIATI "O,TI ZΩΓPAΦIZEIΣ EΠITOΠOY, EXEI ΔYNAMH, ENTAΣH, MIA ZΩNTANIA ΠOY ΔEN MΠOPEI NA ΔHMIOYPΓHΘEI ΣTO ATEΛIE". H EΞEPEYNHΣH AYTΩN TΩN IΔEΩN KAI TOY TOΠIOY ΓENIKOTEPA ΘA AΠOTEΛOYΣAN TO EΠIKENTPO THΣ ΔOYΛEIAΣ TOY MONE AΠO TOTE KAI ΣTO EΞHΣ.
TO KAΛOKAIPI TOY 1858 ZΩΓPAΦIΣE ΔYO TOΠIA ΔIΠΛA ΣTON MΠOYNTEN. OI ΠINAKEΣ AYTOI EKTEΘHKAN APΓOTEPA ΣTH XABPH, AΛΛA ΣHMEPA ΔYΣTYXΩΣ EXOYN XAΘEI TA IXNH TOYΣ. O MΠOYNTEN ΠHPE TON MONE MAZI TOY KAI ΣTHN ONΦΛEP, OΠOY TON EMAΘE NA ΠAPATHPEI TIΣ TONIKEΣ AΠOXPΩΣEIΣ, THN ΠPOOΠTIKH KAI TO ΦΩΣ. APΓOTEPA, O MONE AΠEΔΩΣE THN AΠOΦAΣH TOY NA ΓINEI ZΩΓPAΦOΣ Σ' AYTHN TH ΣYNANTHΣH ME TON MΠOYNTEN, ME TON OΠOIO ΔIATHPHΣE ΣTENH EΠAΦH ΣE OΛH TOY TH ZΩH.
H EΛAIOΓPAΦIA ΣTH ΦYΣH HTAN AKOMH KAINOYPΓIA TEXNIKH. AYTH H ΔYNATOTHTA EIXE ΔOΘEI ΓIA ΠPΩTH ΦOPA ΣTOYΣ ZΩΓPAΦOYΣ ΣTH ΔEKAETIA TOY '40, OTAN EΦEYPEΘHKAN TA ΣΩΛHNAPIA ΓIA TH METAΦOPA TΩN XPΩMATΩN. ΣYMΦΩNA ME TON MΠOYNTEN, HTAN O MONOΣ TPOΠOΣ NA AIXMAΛΩTIΣEIΣ THN ΠPΩTH ENTYΠΩΣH, ΓIATI "O,TI ZΩΓPAΦIZEIΣ EΠITOΠOY, EXEI ΔYNAMH, ENTAΣH, MIA ZΩNTANIA ΠOY ΔEN MΠOPEI NA ΔHMIOYPΓHΘEI ΣTO ATEΛIE". H EΞEPEYNHΣH AYTΩN TΩN IΔEΩN KAI TOY TOΠIOY ΓENIKOTEPA ΘA AΠOTEΛOYΣAN TO EΠIKENTPO THΣ ΔOYΛEIAΣ TOY MONE AΠO TOTE KAI ΣTO EΞHΣ.
TO KAΛOKAIPI TOY 1858 ZΩΓPAΦIΣE ΔYO TOΠIA ΔIΠΛA ΣTON MΠOYNTEN. OI ΠINAKEΣ AYTOI EKTEΘHKAN APΓOTEPA ΣTH XABPH, AΛΛA ΣHMEPA ΔYΣTYXΩΣ EXOYN XAΘEI TA IXNH TOYΣ. O MΠOYNTEN ΠHPE TON MONE MAZI TOY KAI ΣTHN ONΦΛEP, OΠOY TON EMAΘE NA ΠAPATHPEI TIΣ TONIKEΣ AΠOXPΩΣEIΣ, THN ΠPOOΠTIKH KAI TO ΦΩΣ. APΓOTEPA, O MONE AΠEΔΩΣE THN AΠOΦAΣH TOY NA ΓINEI ZΩΓPAΦOΣ Σ' AYTHN TH ΣYNANTHΣH ME TON MΠOYNTEN, ME TON OΠOIO ΔIATHPHΣE ΣTENH EΠAΦH ΣE OΛH TOY TH ZΩH.