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"Female
Portrait", 1980
By Yiorgos Vakirtzis
(1923-1988)
Mixed technique on canvas, 33Χ33 cm.
Inv. No.: P-20
"Coastal
Actions Νο 12", 1979
By Yiorgos Vakirtzis
(1923-1988)
Oil on canvas, 71Χ100 cm.
Inv. No.: P-24
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YIORGOS
VAKIRTZIS (1923-1988)
Born at the Island of
Mytilene, Yiorgos
Vakirtzis studied at the School of Fine Arts, Athens (1939-1946) with
Umbertos Argyros and Costas Parthenis. He later continued his
studies at the
École des Beaux
Arts and
other open
academies of art in Paris (1951-1952). At the same time
(1938-1940) he was taught by Stephanos Almaliotis the art of
τηε gigantic poster, which he professed
with success
for many years on account of numerous cinemas in Athens (1945-1963). He had his first solo
exhibition in that same city (1960).
Since 1949, however, he had participated to group shows in Greece and
abroad.
Other one-man and group exhibitions
followed as well. He published a series of
books on fine arts and has written studies, essays and articles on art
and its application. In
his work one may distinguish a subjective realism. Yiorgos
Vakirtzis passed away in Athens
(1988).
P.D.Cangelaris,
Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris
Collection, vol.1,
Athens 1991
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