Socratis Sidiropoulos
Sokratis Sidiropoulos ( Greek Σωκράτης Σιδηρόπουλος , also transcribed Socrate Sidiropoulos ; born March 9, 1947 in Attica , Greece ) is a Greek painter and sculptor .
Life
His mother taught him drawing , iconography, frescoes and mosaics . He was a student of the master sculptor Ossip Zadkine and studied sculpture with the white Pentelic marble with the sculptor Costas Valsamis . He studied Western painting with the painters Zoe Valsamis and Philopoemen Constantinidi at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . He then completed his studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.
The cave icons of Cappadocia , the frescoes and the mosaics led him to classical painting. Impressed by the bullfight, he painted the portraits of the great matadors Manolete , Nimeño II , Paquirri and others. Fascinated by corridas, he created a series of bullfighting scenes . Attracted by the flamenco music and the urban environment of Seville , he painted various flamenco scenes .
plant
- Painting, The Artist and his Room , Musée communal des beaux-arts d'Ixelles , Brussels, Belgium.
- Painting, oriental portrait , Göteborgs konstmuseum , Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Paintings, Manolete , Museo de Arte de El Salvador , El Salvador.
- Painting, Suleiman the Magnificent , Pushkin Museum , Moscow, Russia.
- Painting, La Vuelta (Nimeno II) , Nouveau Musée National de Monaco , Les Villas des Pins, Monaco.
Web links
- The store Danske Gyldendals åbne Encyklopædi (Danish).
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (Catalan)
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| SURNAME | Sidiropoulos, Socratis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Σιδηρόπουλος, Σωκράτης; Sidiropoulos, Socrate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Attica , Greece |