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'''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'''. |
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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 [[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> |
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File:Dimitrios Ypsilantis - Sp. Prosalentis.JPG|Portrait of [[Dimitrios Ypsilantis]] |
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File:MakryiannisProsalentis.jpg|Portrait of [[Yannis Makriyannis]] |
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File:Panagiotis Giatrakos.jpg|Portrait of Panagiotis Giatrakos |
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File:Yiannis Dyovouniotis - Greek Fighter.jpg|Portrait of [[Yiannis Dyovouniotis]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 22:31, 10 July 2021
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
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.
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.[1]
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.[1] 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.
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 scenes, but those are much less familiar.[2][3]
His sons, Pavlos and Aimilios, and his daughter Eleni also became well-known painters.[4]
Gallery
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Portrait of Themistoklis Trikoupis (1807-1890), a hero of the Greek Revolution.
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Portrait of Kalidona Trikoupis, Themistoklis' wife.
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Portrait of Dimitrios Ypsilantis
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Portrait of Yannis Makriyannis
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Portrait of Panagiotis Giatrakos
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Portrait of Yiannis Dyovouniotis
References
- ^ a b Brief biography @ the National Gallery of Athens.
- ^ Προσαλέντης Σπυρίδων - Πινακοθήκη της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών. Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biographical notes @ the Argolikos Archival Library.
- ^ Painting in Corfu, Annex of Corfu, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum - Ministry of Culture, p. 74-76.
External links
Media related to Spyridon Prosalentis at Wikimedia Commons