Glyn Hughes 1931 - 2014

29 financial state was poor and he found it difficult to make ends meet. So, he was forced once again to work in restaurants but was also supported by people who liked or admired both his work and personality, such as the English diplomat Gerard Cruikshank, who seems to have supplemented his income regularly. 21 In a letter to Pantelis Michanikos, Savva writes regarding this matter: “It is better to live unhappy in Paris for twenty years than live happy for forty years in Cyprus. The thing is that we are unhappy everywhere.” 22 Savva returned to Cyprus between July 1957 and March 1958. He exhibited his work at the Ledra Palace in Nicosia (1957), at the Cyprus Gallery in Famagusta (1958) and at the Municipal Hall in Limassol (1958). Again, he received controversial reviews –both positive and negative– the latter especially from the left-wing press, which perceived his abstraction as a weakness because it did not “contribute to the rebellion of human consciousness against degradation.” 23 He returned to the workshop of Lhote in Paris in March 1958. During his stay there, he also exhibited five works inspired by the increasing violence between the Greek and Turkish communities, culminating in the events at Kioneli and the killing of eight Greek Cypriots on 12 June 1958. 24 Due to the tense political situation in France and the election of General De Gaulle, he decided to settle permanently in Cyprus, 25 where he returned in June 1959 and initially rented a house at 6 Parthenonos Street in Nicosia.