The Greeks
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Title
The Greeks
Έλληνες
Subject
Description
Fotis Kontoglou (1895 – 1965). Oil painting on carton paper . 50x60cm
On the left side of the painting, the people that are depicted derive from Greek mythology, such as Centaurs, Atalanta (daughter of Iasiou or of Skinea) and Ikarios (father of Penelope, wife of Odysseus). On the right side of the painting, Jesus Christ is shown with three of his disciples fishing in the lake of Gennesaret.
Photis Kontoglou (Photios Apostolelis); was a Greek writer, painter and icon painter. He was raised by his mother, Despoina Kontoglou, and his uncle Stefanos Kontoglou, who was abbot in the nearby monastery of Aghia Paraskevi. He spent his childhood among the monastery, the sea and the fishermen. In 1913, he enrolled at the Athens School of Fine Arts. In 1923, he stayed for some time at the monasteries of Mount Athos, where he discovered the technique of Byzantine iconography.Two years later, he got married with Maria Hatzikambouri, who was also from Aivali.
In 1933, he was invited by the Egyptian government to work for the Copt Museum. However, he decided to stay in Athens where he taught painting classes at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Among his students were some of the most important modern Greek painters.
Kontoglou was a particularly productive artist. A devout Orthodox Christian, he undertook the restoration of the frescos of the Perivleptos church in Mystras. Furthermore, he painted frescos in various churches all around Greece; among them the Kapnikarea church in Athens. He also painted the monumental fresco of the Patriarchs of Constantinople at the town hall of Athens. The iconography on the dome and other areas of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City was created by Georgios Gliatas, a student of Kontoglou. Kontoglou also wrote various works of literature as well as numerous essays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photis_Kontoglou,
Φώτης Κόντογλου (1895-1965), Λάδι σε χαρτόνι. 50 x 60 εκ.
Οι « ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ ».Στα αριστερά του πίνακα παριστάνονται πρόσωπα από την Ελληνική Μυθολογία, όπως οι Κένταυροι, η Αταλάντη ( θυγατέρα του Ιασίου ή του Σχοινέα ) και ο Ικάριος ( πατέρας τής Πηνελόπης, συζύγου τού Οδυσσέα ). Στα δεξιά του πίνακα απεικονίζονται ο Ιησούς Χριστός και τρεις από τους μαθητές του να αλιεύουν στη λίμνη της Γενησαρέτ.
On the left side of the painting, the people that are depicted derive from Greek mythology, such as Centaurs, Atalanta (daughter of Iasiou or of Skinea) and Ikarios (father of Penelope, wife of Odysseus). On the right side of the painting, Jesus Christ is shown with three of his disciples fishing in the lake of Gennesaret.
Photis Kontoglou (Photios Apostolelis); was a Greek writer, painter and icon painter. He was raised by his mother, Despoina Kontoglou, and his uncle Stefanos Kontoglou, who was abbot in the nearby monastery of Aghia Paraskevi. He spent his childhood among the monastery, the sea and the fishermen. In 1913, he enrolled at the Athens School of Fine Arts. In 1923, he stayed for some time at the monasteries of Mount Athos, where he discovered the technique of Byzantine iconography.Two years later, he got married with Maria Hatzikambouri, who was also from Aivali.
In 1933, he was invited by the Egyptian government to work for the Copt Museum. However, he decided to stay in Athens where he taught painting classes at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Among his students were some of the most important modern Greek painters.
Kontoglou was a particularly productive artist. A devout Orthodox Christian, he undertook the restoration of the frescos of the Perivleptos church in Mystras. Furthermore, he painted frescos in various churches all around Greece; among them the Kapnikarea church in Athens. He also painted the monumental fresco of the Patriarchs of Constantinople at the town hall of Athens. The iconography on the dome and other areas of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City was created by Georgios Gliatas, a student of Kontoglou. Kontoglou also wrote various works of literature as well as numerous essays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photis_Kontoglou,
Φώτης Κόντογλου (1895-1965), Λάδι σε χαρτόνι. 50 x 60 εκ.
Οι « ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ ».Στα αριστερά του πίνακα παριστάνονται πρόσωπα από την Ελληνική Μυθολογία, όπως οι Κένταυροι, η Αταλάντη ( θυγατέρα του Ιασίου ή του Σχοινέα ) και ο Ικάριος ( πατέρας τής Πηνελόπης, συζύγου τού Οδυσσέα ). Στα δεξιά του πίνακα απεικονίζονται ο Ιησούς Χριστός και τρεις από τους μαθητές του να αλιεύουν στη λίμνη της Γενησαρέτ.
Source
Charalambos Christoforou Collection
Συλλογή Χαράλαμπου Χριστοφόρου
Νεοελληνική Ζωγραφική: Διαδρομές στην Ελλάδα και στην Κύπρο του 19ου και 20ου αιώνα, Πρεσβεία τη Ελλάδος στην Κύπρο - Δήμος Λευκωσίας, Μάρτιος-Απρίλιος 2010, Κατάλογος
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
http://christianart-gallery.com/shop/christian-art/kontoglou/
Format
JPG
Language
en
el
Type
Identifier
CHART_CA_ (149)
Coverage
35.160253, 33.369239
Files
Citation
Fotis Kontoglou and Φώτης Κόντογλου, “The Greeks,” Αψίδα, accessed April 25, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/32159.