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"Expected
Distance", 1994
By Giorgos Ioannou
(1926-2017)
Oil on canvas, 100Χ70 cm.
Inv. No.: P-80
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GIORGOS
IOANNOU (1926-2017)
Born
in Athens, Giorgos Ioannou studied painting and etching in Athens with
Kostas Iliadis and Thedoros Drossos and in Paris, at the Académie Julian and the Ateliers
Penture - Dessin of Claude Schurr and Mac' Avoy. He had his
first one-man exhibition in Athens (1959).
Other solo and
group shows followed in Greece and abroad including Pan-Hellenic
exhibitions and the Biennale of
Venice. He had organized
a solo exhibition on board of paquebot "Olympia". His work
has
been awarded with prizes from the City of Oestand (1968), the II Biennale
delle Regioni and the Europa Arte in Italy. In 2012 he was awarded by the Academy of
Athens for the totality of his art creation. A
personal style characterizes his work, which belongs to the pop-art and
comics and bears a distinct critical objectivity. Giorgos
Ioannou passed away in Athens
(2017).
P.D.Cangelaris,
Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris
Collection, vol.2,
Athens 1999
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