Vasilis Doropoulos
Vasilis Doropoulos (also: Vassilis Doropoulos, Greek Βασίλης Δωρόπουλος , born August 13, 1942 in Mesopotamia near Kastoria ) is a Greek sculptor and medalist .
life and work
Doropoulos moved to Paris with his mother in 1965 , he studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts , first painting (1965–1967) and then sculpture (1967–1972). His works were shown in the Grand Palais as early as 1969 . During this time he created numerous medals for the Paris mint, the Hôtel de la Monnaie .
In 1989 he was commissioned by the Greek state to design a reconciliation monument to commemorate the end of the Greek civil war . For this he created the 8 meter high bronze sculpture “Symfiliosi”.
Most of Doropoulos' works are of a political nature and dedicated to the commemoration of events. In different degrees of abstraction they create a human reference, but can never be assigned to a specific person.
Works
In addition to works in public spaces, his sculptures have also found their way into collections such as the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris , the Fonds national d'art contemporain , the Paris UNESCO quarter or in Tōkamachi in Japan . To be emphasized are:
- Antigone , Pentelic marble , National Bank of Greece , Athens
- Athena , marble, Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos
- Peace , monument to Grigoris Lambrakis, bronze, 1985, Thessaloniki
- National Monument to the Resistance , bronze, Korydallos
- National Reconciliation Monument , bronze, 1989, Athens
- Memorial for the National Resistance , Kastoria
In addition to solo exhibitions since 1967 in Greece and France, of which the one from 1993 in the UNESCO building in Paris deserves special mention, Doropoulos took part in numerous collective exhibitions, including from 1968 to 1970 in the Salon des Artists Français and from 1972 to 1978 at the respective Biennale de Sculpture Contemporaine in the Musée Rodin in Paris, 1974 in the Salon des Artistes Indépendants , 1974 and 1975 in the Salon de Mai , 1979 in the Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts , 1981 at the second Triennale Européenne de Sculpture and others
literature
- Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists. Gründ, Paris 2006, Volume 4, p. 1090, ISBN 2-7000-3074-5 .
- Ionel Jianou, Gérard Xuriguera, Aube Lardera: La sculpture modern en France depuis 1950. Arted Editions d'art, Paris 1982, p. 117.
Web links
- Vassilis Doropoulos: Sculptures et médailles volées au domicile de l'artiste (août 2009) , photo series
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doropoulos, Vasilis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Doropoulos, Vassilis; Δωρόπουλος, Βασίλης |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor, painter and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kastoria |