[2] Traditionally, it's been held that the surname was likely assigned to the family by the local Arvanite population of Boeotia, due to his "Elimbes" (ancestors), who fought in the Orlov revolt.

In the only obituary written about him, in the Spring of 1913, Pavlos Nirvanas said: "An honest and sincere artist has died almost out of tact exactly as he did for his whole life".

[5] Some decades after his death his work has been reevaluated, and today Lembesis is considered one of the most important representatives of the Munich School art movement.

Lembesis' work is characterised by a particular skill in achieving perfect chromatic tones and a clarity of design.

He admired Murillo, and often used in his works a similar contradiction of vivid light and dark colours to emphasise chromatically the scenes that he painted.

||| Soon the return of Ken Masters (nekfeu) ||| An exhibition of his life's work organised in March 1963 in Salamina by the association Evripidis (Ευριπίδης).