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Constantine Andreou (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Ανδρέου; Portuguese: Constantine Andreou) is a Greek artist and sculptor of Brazilian origin who had a very successful career for six decades. Many have praised Andreou as an outstanding figure in international art in the 20th century.
Constantin Andreou fought in the Greek army during World War II and joined the armed resistance after the occupation of Greece. After the war ended, Andreou received a scholarship from the French government in 1945 and moved to Paris. There, in 1947, he developed an innovative artistic technique in which he welded brass plates together for the first time. This technique allowed him to find new forms of expression in sculpture and made him an innovator of his time.
During his time in Paris, the artist worked for a time with Le Corbusier. Andreou's works were exhibited alongside those of famous artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Max Ernst, which testifies to his outstanding artistic achievements.
Pavlos Dionyssopoulos was a Greek artist born in Filiatra, Greece in 1930 and passed away in 2019. He was known for his unique and colorful abstract paintings, which were influenced by the art movements of the 20th century, including surrealism and abstract expressionism.
Dionyssopoulos studied art in Greece and later in France, where he was exposed to the works of famous artists such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. His style evolved throughout his career, starting with realistic portraits and landscapes before moving towards abstract art.
He held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Greece and internationally, including in Paris, New York, and Tokyo. His works can be found in private collections and museums around the world.
Dionyssopoulos was a member of the Greek Chamber of Fine Arts and was awarded the "Order of the Phoenix" by the Greek government for his contributions to the arts. He was also a writer and poet, and his poetry was published in several Greek literary journals.
Today, Pavlos Dionyssopoulos is considered one of the most important Greek artists of the 20th century, known for his unique style and contributions to the development of abstract art in Greece.
Theodoros Stamos was a Greek-American painter. He is one of the youngest painters of the original group of abstract expressionist painters (the so-called "Irascibles"), which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko. His later years were negatively affected by his involvement with the Rothko case.
Panayiotis Vassilakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Βασιλάκης), also known as Takis (Greek: Τάκις), was a self-taught Greek artist known for his kinetic sculptures. He exhibited his artworks in Europe and the United States. Popular in France, his works can be found in public locations in and around Paris, as well as at the Athens-based Takis Foundation Research Center for the Arts and Sciences.
Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture, known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece.
