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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 [el], and his daughters, Olga [el] and Eleni [el], also became well-known painters.^[4]

Gallery of portraits

Portrait of
Themistoklis Trikoupis [el],
a hero of the Greek Revolution.
Portrait of
Kalidona Trikoupis, Themistoklis' wife.
Portrait of
Dimitrios Ypsilantis
Portrait of
Yannis Makriyannis
Portrait of
Panagiotis Giatrakos [el]
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

[N-1] Brief biography @ the National Gallery of Athens.

[2] Προσαλέντης Σπυρίδων - Πινακοθήκη της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών. Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Biographical notes @ the Argolikos Archival Library.

[4] Painting in Corfu, Annex of Corfu, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum - Ministry of Culture, p. 74-76.

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-His sons, {{ill|Παύλος Προσαλέντης (ο νεότερος)|el|lt=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>
+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==