"View of Kythera", 1992/93
By Manolis Haros (1960)
Mixed technique on canvas, 80Χ100 cm.
Inv. No.: P-64

MANOLIS HAROS (1960)

Born at the Island of Kythera, Manolis Haros studied etching and painting at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts (1978-1982) and had his postgraduate studies on image communication at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (1982-1983) in Paris.  He had his first one-man show in Athens (1981).  Other solo and group exhibitions followed in Greece and abroad.  In 1984 he was awarded with the Prix des Fondations in the domain of lithography.  He has also been engaged in the design of furniture, objects, toys and printed matters.  His work belongs to the descriptive painting with an abstract and expressionist dimension.  He lives and works in Athens.

P.D.Cangelaris, Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris Collection, vol.2, Athens 1999