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"Landscape",
1995/96
By Yiannis
Valavanidis (1939-2017)
Tempera on paper, 76Χ56 cm.
Inv. No.: P-108
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YIANNIS
VALAVANIDIS (1939-2017)
Born in
Athens,
Yannis Valavanidis studied at the School of Fine Arts painting, etching
and mosaics with Yannis Moralis and Constantine Grammatopoulos
(1957-1963).
He had his first one-man show in
Athens (1970),
but had already participated to group exhibitions since 1958. Other solo and group shows
followed in Greece and
abroad.
He was member of "Art Group
A'" (1965-1967), of the group "New Greek Realists" (1971-1973), of the
"Group for the Communication and Education in Fine Arts" (1979-1986)
and of the "Contemporary Art League" (1979-1984).
He had illustrated a number of books and poetry collections. He was professor (1982-2006) and
Deputy Dean
(2001-2004) at the School
of Fine Arts where he teached painting and mosaics.
His work belongs to the
critical realism. Yannis
Valavanidis passed away in
Athens (2017).
P.D.Cangelaris,
Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris
Collection, vol.2,
Athens 1999
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