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Aberkios  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Lived and worked at the monastery of Mount Athos in the middle of the 19th century.

Engraver (line-engraving).

An engraving by this Greek monk represents the Virgin enthroned, surrounded by the tribes of Jesse and a number of prophets. He is also noted for 24 small vignettes illustrating a Greek hymnal....

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Altamura, Johann  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Born 1852, in Athens; died 1878.

Painter. Waterscapes, seascapes.

A friend of the architect H.C. Hansen, Altamura visited Copenhagen where he attended the fine arts academy from 1873 to 1876. He was primarily a painter of seascapes.

Copenhagen, 3 June 1976...

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Antoniadi, A.  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Active at the end of the 19th century.

Born in Greece.

Portrait artist.

Works by Antoniadi were exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1887, 1893 and 1896.

Paris, 27 June 1924: Nude Reclining on Grass, FRF 50

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Arthimos  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Painter.

Arthimos painted a Madonna for the chapel of St Nicholas in the lavra monastery at Mount Athos.

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Aspriati, Kleoniki  

Greek, 19th – 20th century, female.

Active in Athens.

Painter.

Kleoniki Aspriati executed mostly portraits and worked in Athens. A pupil of Raphael Collin, Paul Leroy and Luc Olivier-Merson, she received honourable mention at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900.

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Avgherinos, N.  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Active in Paris.

Born in Constantinople, of Greek parents.

Painter. Genre scenes.

This artist lived in Alexandria and travelled in Egypt. He exhibited in the Paris Salons of 1893 and 1896.

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Bolanachi, Konstantinos or Constantin  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Active in Germany.

Born 17 March 1837, on Crete; died 1907.

Painter. Waterscapes, seascapes.

Bolanachi worked in Munich.

Graz: 'Emperor', Liner

Leeds (City AG): A Turkish Warship on Fire (1868, oil on canvas...

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Bonnanos, Georges  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Died c. 1920, in Greece.

Sculptor.

This artist exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris and was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 and again in 1900.

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Bornozi, Diana  

Greek, 19th – 20th century, female.

Born in Vienna, to Greek parents.

Painter. Portraits, birds.

Diana Bornozi exhibited portraits and pictures of birds in Paris at the Salon de la Société des Beaux-Arts 1914 and 1935.

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Brounzos, A.  

Greek, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 19th century, in Lemnos; died c. 1920.

Painter. Genre scenes.

Brounzos was a pupil of Cabanel. He exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889 (receiving a bronze medal) and in 1900.

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Brysakis, Theodore Petros  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Born 1814, in Thebes; died 1878, in Munich.

Painter. History painting, figures.

This artist arrived in Munich in 1832 and studied at the academy there, earning a place of honour among 19th-century painters. Notable works include the Apotheosis of the War of Greek Independence...

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Cantunis, Nicolas  

Greek, 18th – 19th century, male.

Born 1768, in Zákinthos; died 1834, at Zákinthos.

Painter. Religious subjects, portraits.

Cantunis was the pupil of Nicolas Cutuzis, and also studied in Venice.

Athens (Ethnikí Pinakothíki)

Zakinthos (MA)

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Cassavetti Zambaco, Maria  

Greek, 19th century, female.

Born 29 April 1843, in London; died 14 July 1914, in Paris.

Sculptor.

Maria Cassavetti Zambaco was a wealthy Greek Heiress. Following a failed marriage to Demetrius Zambaco, a doctor to the Greek community in Paris, she returned to London to live with her mother. She studied under Edward Burne-Jones in London and under Alphonse Legros and Auguste Rodin in Paris. She exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and, from ...

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Chatzopulo, Georges or Georgios  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Born 1858, in Patras; died 27 January 1935, in Athens.

Painter, art restorer. Landscapes, seascapes.

This artist, the pupil of George Jakobidés, exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

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Chimonas, Nicolas  

Greek, 19th – 20th century, male.

Active also active in Russia.

Born between 1865 and 1866, in Eupatoria (Crimea); died 1929, in Athens.

Painter. Landscapes.

Nicolas Chimonas studied with Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi at the academy of fine arts in St Petersburg from 1890 to 1894 and later taught there (...

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Doucas, Loucas  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Born at the end of the 19th century, in Athens.

Sculptor.

Doucas was a pupil of Boucher and exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1923. He sculpted mainly busts.

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Doukas, Johann  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Born 1840, in Athens.

Painter.

Doukas was a pupil of Lytras in Greece and of Gérôme in Paris.

Athens: Achilles and the Centaur Chiron

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Drossis, Leonidas  

Greek, 19th century, male.

Born 4 December 1836, in Athens; died 6 December 1882, in Naples.

Sculptor.

Drossis was a pupil of Siegel in Athens, then finished his studies in Munich and in Rome, before returning to his home town, where he was made professor of the Academy. Of his works can be cited: ...

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Fokas, Odysseus  

Greek, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 1865, in Kalasteri; died 1946, in Athens.

Painter. Landscapes.

Odysseus Fokas went to Paris and Aix-en-Provence to complete his training.

Athens (Ethnikí Pinakothíki)

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Gelbert, Adolphos  

Greek, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 1866, in Athens.

Painter, architect.

Adolphos Gelbert settled in Paris in 1900 and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts.