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Greece’s Celebrated Painter Alekos Fassianos Dies at 86

Greece's celebrated painter Alekos Fassianos died on Sunday in Athens. He was 86. Influenced by abstract art, Fassianos adopted a personal anthropocentric style and was given awards by the French and Russian governments. Born on December 16, 1935, Fassianos studied violin...

France Honors Greek Artist Alekos Fassianos

Acclaimed Greek artist Alekos Fassianos, who has studied in Paris for 35 years, received one of the greatest honors of the French Republic a few days ago at the French Embassy in Athens. In his brief greeting after receiving the...

Work by Painter who Defined 20th Century Greek Art for Sale at Bonhams

One of the major representatives of the ‘Thirties Generation’, Yiannis Tsarouchis, leads Bonhams Greek Sale on April 24 at 101 New Bond Street.  Born in the Athenian port of Piraeus in 1910, Tsarouchis, is regarded as one of the greatest Greek painters...

Greek Painter Yiannis Tsarouchis Leads Greek Sale at Bonhams

‘Autumn’, a seminal creation from 1976 by one of the major representatives of the ‘Thirties Generation’, Yiannis Tsarouchis, leads Bonhams Greek Sale on April 24 at 101 New Bond Street. It is estimated at £150,000-200,000. Born in the Athenian port...

Alekos Fassianos’ Painting Joins Australian PM’s Art Collection

A painting of renowned Greek artist Alekos Fassianos has recently joined the art collection of the Australian PM, Julia Gillard. Mrs. Gillard and other ministers of her cabinet attended a philanthropic art exhibition in the Hellenic Museum in Melbourne, which...

Alekos Fassianos’ Exhibition in Melbourne

An exhibition will be held in Australia, presenting the artworks of the Greek eminent painter Alekos Fassianos. The opening day of the exhibition is on the 24th of November at the Greek Museum of Melbourne. The exhibition is organized under...