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....
(b Berlin, Oct 15, 1827; d Berlin, Sept 15, 1908).
German architect, archaeologist and writer. He was one of the leading figures of Berlin’s architectural establishment in the latter half of the 19th century. On completion of his studies in 1852, he was given the prestigious post of Bauleiter at the Neues Museum in Berlin, designed by Friedrich August Stüler. He subsequently became a lecturer and in 1861 a professor of architectural history at the Bauakademie in Berlin. Many of his church buildings used medieval motifs and elements, for example the Christuskirche (1862–8) in Berlin and the Elisabethkirche (1869–72) in Wilhelmshafen. He followed Karl Bötticher in his attempts to merge medieval and classical elements, best illustrated in his design for the Thomaskirche (competition 1862; built 1865–70), Berlin. There, Adler used Gothic structural devices embellished with rich Renaissance detail, a tendency that was also present in many of the entries for the Berlin Cathedral competition (...
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...
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
Greek, 19th century, male.
Painter.
Arthimos painted a Madonna for the chapel of St Nicholas in the lavra monastery at Mount Athos.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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)
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 ...
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.
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 (...
(b London, Oct 17, 1795; d London, Aug 1, 1885).
English architect, archaeologist and teacher. He was the son of an architect, James Donaldson (c. 1756–1843), and great-nephew of Thomas Leverton. Trained in his father’s office and at the Royal Academy, London, Donaldson travelled in Italy, Greece and Asia Minor from 1818 to 1823 and on his return set up in practice. His first sizeable commission (won in competition) was for the church of the Holy Trinity, Brompton Road, London (1826–9), constructed in the non-archaeological Commissioners’ Gothic style, which was typical of those churches built as a result of the 1818 Act. Other works include the library (1848–9) of University College, Gower Street, London, in a classical style, and University Hall (1848–9; formerly Dr Williams’s Library), Gordon Square, London, in a Tudor Gothic style.
Donaldson’s principal achievements were not as an architect but in his other roles and in his wide range of publications. He was the leader of the ...
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
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
Greek, 20th century, male.
Born 13 September 1920.
Sculptor.
Symbolism.
Kosmas took classes at the school of fine art in Athens, from which he graduated in 1945, obtained a grant to complete his training in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1952 to 1954...
