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"Sea
Landscape Νο 15", 1988
By Costas Paniaras
(1934-2014)
Acrylic on canvas, 100Χ130 cm.
Inv. No.: P-50
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COSTAS
PANIARAS (1934-2014)
Born at Kiato (Corinth),
Costas Paniaras took his
first lessons in painting with Theodoros Lekos (Errikos) and then
studied at the School of Fine Arts in Athens with Yannis Moralis and
Eleni Zongolopoulos. In 1956 he moved to Paris, where he
studied
painting with André Lhote, mosaics
and fresco with Gino Severini and lithography at the École des Beaux
Arts. He stayed in
Paris until 1975, with long intervals
during of which he
traveled to the U.S.A., Iran and the Far East. He has presented his work,
paintings,
sculptures and constructions in many solo and group exhibitions both in
Greece and abroad. He had his first one-man show in Athens (1956).
In his work abstract
forms develop in monochromatic backgrounds. Costas Paniaras
passed away in
Athens (2014).
P.D.Cangelaris,
Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris
Collection, vol.1,
Athens 1991
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