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{{Short description|Greek painter}}
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[[File:ThemistoklisTrikoupis.jpg|thumb|185px|Portrait of Themistoklis Trikoupis (1807-1890), a hero of the Greek Revolution.]]
[[File:KalidonaTrikoupis.jpg|thumb|185px|Portrait of Kalidona Trikoupis, Themistoklis' wife.]]
[[File:Prosalentis-Parthenon.jpg|thumb|300px|A sketch of the [[Parthenon]]]]
'''Spyridon Prosalentis''' ({{lang-el|Σπυρίδων Προσαλέντης}}; [[Corfu]], 1830 – [[Athens]], 1895) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] portrait painter of the [[Heptanese School (painting)|Heptanese School]]. His first name is sometimes seen as '''Spyros'''.
'''Spyridon Prosalentis''' ({{lang-el|Σπυρίδων Προσαλέντης}}; [[Corfu]], 1830 – [[Athens]], 1895) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] portrait painter of the [[Heptanese School (painting)|Heptanese School]]. His first name is sometimes seen as '''Spyros'''.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Prosalentis was descended from a noble Byzantine family, who fled to areas under the control of the [[Venetian Republic]] after the [[Fall of Constantinople]]. His father was [[Pavlos Prosalentis]], who is considered to be the first significant modern Greek sculptor and, in 1811, created Greece's first art school.
Prosalentis was descended from a noble Byzantine family, who fled to areas under the control of the [[Venetian Republic]] after the [[Fall of Constantinople]]. His father was [[Pavlos Prosalentis]], who is considered to be the first significant modern Greek sculptor and, in 1811, created Greece's first art school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prossalentis Pavlos the Elder |url=https://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/prossalentis-pavlos-the-elder/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=National Gallery |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Prosalendis Spyridon |url=https://www.nationalgallery.gr/en/artist/prosalendis-spyridon/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=National Gallery |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=marcosp |title=19ος αιώνας μετά την ένωση – ΠΙΝΑΚΟΘΗΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΥ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑΣ |url=https://artcorfu.gr/%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%b3%cf%89%ce%b3%ce%ae-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%b5%cf%80%cf%84%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%83%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%ba%ce%ae-%cf%84%ce%ad%cf%87%ce%bd%ce%b7/19%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%b9%cf%8e%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%82/19%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%b9%cf%8e%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%84%ce%ac-%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%ad%ce%bd%cf%89%cf%83%ce%b7/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |language=el}}</ref>


His earliest lessons naturally came from his father. Later, he finished his education at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia]]. He remained in Italy until 1865 and, when he returned, received an appointment as Professor of painting at the [[Athens School of Fine Arts]]. For unknown reasons, he resigned from that position the following year and went back to Venice.<ref name="N">[http://www.nationalgallery.gr/site/content.php?artist_id=4304&sel=352 Brief biography] @ the [[National Gallery of Athens]].</ref>
His earliest lessons naturally came from his father.<ref name=":0" /> Later, he finished his education at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia]].<ref name=":1" /> He remained in the Austrian Empire until 1865 and, when he returned, received an appointment as Professor of painting at the [[Athens School of Fine Arts]]. For unknown reasons, he resigned from that position the following year and went back to Venice.<ref name=":0" />


In 1870, he won a major award at the "Exhibition of Fine Arts" in [[Parma]], and was invited to return to Greece by King [[George I of Greece|George I]]. He settled in Athens and immediately began to create murals in the chapel of the [[Old Royal Palace]].<ref name="N" /> In 1876, a second chair of painting was established at the School of Fine Arts and he received another appointment as Professor, this time remaining in that position until his death.
In 1870, he won a major award at the "Exhibition of Fine Arts" in [[Parma]], and was invited to return to Greece by King [[George I of Greece|George I]]. He settled in Athens and immediately began to create murals in the chapel of the [[Old Royal Palace]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1876, a second chair of painting was established at the School of Fine Arts and he received another appointment as Professor, a position he held until his death.<ref name=":0" /> [[Spyridon Vikatos]], [[Dimitrios Geraniotis]] and [[Nikolaos Ferbos]] were among his students.<ref name=":1" />


Upon commission from the Royal Family of Greece, he completed several series of portraits of notable personalities from the [[Greek Revolution]], the [[University of Athens]], and the War and Navy Departments. He also painted some domestic [[Genre art|genre]] scenes, but those are much less familiar.<ref>[http://www.gallery.asfa.gr/professors/site/Teachers/t_docpage?doc=/documents/kathigites/spyridon-prosalentis Προσαλέντης Σπυρίδων - Πινακοθήκη της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720232853/http://www.gallery.asfa.gr/professors/site/Teachers/t_docpage?doc=%2Fdocuments%2Fkathigites%2Fspyridon-prosalentis |date=2015-07-20 }}</ref><ref>[http://argolikivivliothiki.gr/tag/%CF%83%CF%80%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B4%CF%89%CE%BD-%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82/ Biographical notes] @ the Argolikos Archival Library.</ref>
Upon commission from the Royal Family of Greece, Prosalentis completed several series of portraits of notable personalities from the [[Greek Revolution]], the [[University of Athens]], and the War and Navy Departments. He also painted some domestic [[Genre art|genre]] scenes, but those are much less familiar.<ref name=":1">[http://www.gallery.asfa.gr/professors/site/Teachers/t_docpage?doc=/documents/kathigites/spyridon-prosalentis Προσαλέντης Σπυρίδων - Πινακοθήκη της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720232853/http://www.gallery.asfa.gr/professors/site/Teachers/t_docpage?doc=%2Fdocuments%2Fkathigites%2Fspyridon-prosalentis |date=2015-07-20 }}</ref><ref>[http://argolikivivliothiki.gr/tag/%CF%83%CF%80%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B4%CF%89%CE%BD-%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82/ Biographical notes] @ the Argolikos Archival Library.</ref> Prosalentis artworks are exhibited at the [[National Gallery (Athens)|National Gallery of Greece]], the [[Municipal Gallery of Corfu]], the [[Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation|Teloglion Foundation of Arts]], the [[Averoff Gallery]] etc.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=marcosp |date=2017-12-09 |title=Spyridon Prosalentis – ΠΙΝΑΚΟΘΗΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΥ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑΣ |url=https://artcorfu.gr/en/artist/spyridon-prosalentis/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=H ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΛΟΓΛΕΙΟΥ ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΕΧΝΩΝ Α.Π.Θ. ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ. Η πρώτη της παρουσίαση. |url=https://thf.gr/el/h-spoydaia-syllogi-toy-tellogleioy-idrymatos-technon-a-p-th-stin-athina-i-proti-tis-paroysiasi/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ζωγραφική |url=https://www.averoffmuseum.gr/zografiki |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Πινακοθήκη Αβέρωφ {{!}} Ίδρυμα Ευάγγελου Αβέρωφ - Τοσίτσα |language=el}}</ref>


His sons, [[Pavlos Prosalentis the Younger|Pavlos]] and [[Aimilios Prosalentis|Aimilios]], and his daughter [[Eleni Prosalenti|Eleni]] also became well-known painters.<ref>''Painting in Corfu'', Annex of Corfu, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum - Ministry of Culture, p. 74-76.</ref>
His sons, [[Pavlos Prosalentis (the Younger)|Pavlos]] and {{ill|Αιμίλιος Προσαλέντης|el|lt=Aimilios}}, and his daughters, {{ill|Όλγα Προσαλέντη|el|lt=Olga}} and {{ill|Ελένη Προσαλέντη|el|lt=Eleni}}, also became well-known painters.<ref>''Painting in Corfu'', Annex of Corfu, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum - Ministry of Culture, p. 74-76.</ref>

==Gallery of portraits==
<gallery mode=packed heights=220>
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File:ThemistoklisTrikoupis.jpg|Portrait of<br /> {{ill|Θεμιστοκλής Τρικούπης|el|lt=Themistoklis Trikoupis}},<br /> a hero of the Greek Revolution.
File:KalidonaTrikoupis.jpg|Portrait of<br /> Kalidona Trikoupis, Themistoklis' wife.
File:Dimitrios Ypsilantis - Sp. Prosalentis.JPG|Portrait of<br /> [[Dimitrios Ypsilantis]]
File:MakryiannisProsalentis.jpg|Portrait of <br />[[Yannis Makriyannis]]
File:Panagiotis Giatrakos.jpg|Portrait of<br /> {{ill|Παναγιώτης Γιατράκος|el|lt=Panagiotis Giatrakos}}
File:Yiannis Dyovouniotis - Greek Fighter.jpg|Portrait of<br /> [[Yiannis Dyovouniotis]]
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:25, 30 April 2024

A sketch of the Parthenon

Spyridon Prosalentis (Greek: Σπυρίδων Προσαλέντης; Corfu, 1830 – Athens, 1895) was a Greek portrait painter of the Heptanese School. His first name is sometimes seen as Spyros.

Biography[edit]

Prosalentis was descended from a noble Byzantine family, who fled to areas under the control of the Venetian Republic after the Fall of Constantinople. His father was Pavlos Prosalentis, who is considered to be the first significant modern Greek sculptor and, in 1811, created Greece's first art school.[1][2][3]

His earliest lessons naturally came from his father.[2] Later, he finished his education at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.[4] He remained in the Austrian Empire until 1865 and, when he returned, received an appointment as Professor of painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts. For unknown reasons, he resigned from that position the following year and went back to Venice.[2]

In 1870, he won a major award at the "Exhibition of Fine Arts" in Parma, and was invited to return to Greece by King George I. He settled in Athens and immediately began to create murals in the chapel of the Old Royal Palace.[2] In 1876, a second chair of painting was established at the School of Fine Arts and he received another appointment as Professor, a position he held until his death.[2] Spyridon Vikatos, Dimitrios Geraniotis and Nikolaos Ferbos were among his students.[4]

Upon commission from the Royal Family of Greece, Prosalentis completed several series of portraits of notable personalities from the Greek Revolution, the University of Athens, and the War and Navy Departments. He also painted some domestic genre scenes, but those are much less familiar.[4][5] Prosalentis artworks are exhibited at the National Gallery of Greece, the Municipal Gallery of Corfu, the Teloglion Foundation of Arts, the Averoff Gallery etc.[2][6][7][8]

His sons, Pavlos and Aimilios [el], and his daughters, Olga [el] and Eleni [el], also became well-known painters.[9]

Gallery of portraits[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Prossalentis Pavlos the Elder". National Gallery. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Prosalendis Spyridon". National Gallery. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ marcosp. "19ος αιώνας μετά την ένωση – ΠΙΝΑΚΟΘΗΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΥ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑΣ" (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ a b c Προσαλέντης Σπυρίδων - Πινακοθήκη της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών. Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Biographical notes @ the Argolikos Archival Library.
  6. ^ marcosp (2017-12-09). "Spyridon Prosalentis – ΠΙΝΑΚΟΘΗΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΥ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑΣ". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  7. ^ "H ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΛΟΓΛΕΙΟΥ ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΕΧΝΩΝ Α.Π.Θ. ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ. Η πρώτη της παρουσίαση". B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  8. ^ "Ζωγραφική". Πινακοθήκη Αβέρωφ | Ίδρυμα Ευάγγελου Αβέρωφ - Τοσίτσα (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  9. ^ Painting in Corfu, Annex of Corfu, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum - Ministry of Culture, p. 74-76.

External links[edit]

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