"The Family", 1986
By Pavlos Samios (1948-2021)
Oil on canvas, 195Χ129,5 cm.
Inv. No.: P-37

 "Takis Cangelaris", 2002
By Pavlos Samios (1948-2021)
Oil on canvas, 100Χ80 cm.
Inv. No.: P-164

 "Diana Macris-Cangelaris", 2002
By Pavlos Samios (1948-2021)
Oil on canvas, 100Χ80 cm.
Inv No.: P-165

 PAVLOS SAMIOS (1948-2021)

Born in Athens, Pavlos Samios studied at the School of Fine Arts with Nicos Nicolaou and Yannis Moralis.  He had his first one-man show in Athens (1978).  He has presented his work in many solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.  He taught at the workshop for Byzantine traditional painting of the School of Fine Arts.  Initially surrealist, his work developed in the frame of descriptive painting with a strong personal style.  From 1978 to 1992 he had settled in Paris. He worked in Athens and Aegina.  Pavlos Samios passed away in Athens (2021).

P.D.Cangelaris, Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris Collection, vol.1 and 3, Athens 1991 and 2015