Greek painter
Yannis Tsarouchis
Born 13 January 1910 Died 20 July 1989 (aged 79) Occupation painter
Yannis Tsarouchis (Greek : Γιάννης Τσαρούχης ; 13 January 1910 – 20 July 1989) was a[ 1] Greek modernist painter and set designer who achieved international fame, and was "known in particular for his homoerotic subjects," including soldiers, sailors, and nude males.[ 2]
Biography
Early life
Born in Piraeus , he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1929–1935). He was also a student of Photios Kontoglou , who introduced him to Byzantine iconography , while he also studied popular architecture and dressing customs. Together with Dimitris Pikionis , Kontoglou and Angeliki Hatzimichali he led the movement for the introduction of Greek tradition in painting .
From 1935 to 1936 he visited Istanbul , Paris and Italy . He came in contact with the Renaissance art and Impressionism . He discovered the works of Theophilos Hatzimihail and met influential artists such as Henri Matisse and Alberto Giacometti .
Work
Maria Callas ' theatrical costume by Yiannis Tsarouchis (1958, collection of Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation , Nauplio )He returned to Greece in 1936 and two years later he produced his first personal exhibition in Athens. He later fought in the Greco-Italian War in 1940. In 1949, he and other artists, including Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas , Yannis Moralis , Nikos Nikolaou , Nikos Engonopoulos and Panayiotis Tetsis , established the "Armos" art group. In 1951 he had exhibitions in Paris and London . In 1958 he participated in the Venice Biennale . In 1967 he moved to Paris.
Tsarouchis "filled his canvases with homoerotic images of vulnerable men and (to a much lesser extent) strong women."[ 3]
Sylvester & Orphanos published Yannis Tsarouchis: The Face of Modern Greece .[ 4]
Institutions
In 1982 the Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum in Maroussi , Athens, was inaugurated. The Museum is actually hosted in the house of the artist.
He died in Athens in 1989.
List of Works
Notes
^ Bittencourt, Ela (July 21, 2021). "Frank, Greek, and Gay: Modernist Painter Yannis Tsarouchis Is Finally Getting His Due" . Hyperallergic . Retrieved 10 October 2021 . ^ Hammer, Langdon; Yenser, Stephen, eds. (2021). A Whole World: Letters from James Merrill ISBN 9781101875513 . Retrieved 10 October 2021 . ^ Gianoulis, Tina (2002). "Tsarouchis, Yannis (1910-1989)" . glbtq.com the original on 2007-04-18. Retrieved 2007-06-03 . ^ Luckenbill, Dan (1990). Sylvester & Orphanos : catalog of an exhibit, October–December 1990. UCLA. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
References
Adaptation of the Greek Wikipedia article.
External links
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