Costas Valsamis
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Costas Valsamis born in 1908 in the Greek island of Symi
, Dodecanese
- Athens 2003, was a Greek
Sculptor
.
His professor is Costas Dimitriadis.
He finished his studies in 1937.
He worked as a sculptor in Athens until 1945.
Then he obtained a scholarship by the French government.
He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the atelier of Marcel Gimond
.
Then at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere, he was a student of Ossip Zadkine
.
1979, Nominations of Knight in the orders of the Arts and Letters by the Ministry of the Culture of the Communication of the French Government.
1987, Corresponding member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.
For his work, he was supported and encouraged by his wife Zoe Valsamis, Painter graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Costas Valsamis took part in many exhibitions.
Symi
Symi also transliterated Syme or Simi is a Greek island and municipality. It is mountainous and includes the harbor town of Symi and its adjacent upper town Ano Symi, as well as several smaller localities, beaches, and areas of significance in history and mythology...
, Dodecanese
Dodecanese
The Dodecanese are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, of which 26 are inhabited. Τhis island group generally defines the eastern limit of the Sea of Crete. They belong to the Southern Sporades island group...
- Athens 2003, was a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
Sculptor
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
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Biography
In 1932 he entered the Athens School of Fine Arts.His professor is Costas Dimitriadis.
He finished his studies in 1937.
He worked as a sculptor in Athens until 1945.
Then he obtained a scholarship by the French government.
He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the atelier of Marcel Gimond
Marcel Gimond
Marcel Gimond was a French sculptor born in the Ardèche region of France.Gimond first studied at the Beaux-Arts Academy in Lyon and was the student in turn of both Aristide Maillol and Auguste Rodin. Gimond was an influential Professor at the Paris Beaux -Arts until 1960...
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Then at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere, he was a student of Ossip Zadkine
Ossip Zadkine
Ossip Zadkine was a Belarusian-born artist who lived in France. He is primarily known as a sculptor, but also produced paintings and lithographs.-Early years and career:...
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1979, Nominations of Knight in the orders of the Arts and Letters by the Ministry of the Culture of the Communication of the French Government.
1987, Corresponding member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.
For his work, he was supported and encouraged by his wife Zoe Valsamis, Painter graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Costas Valsamis took part in many exhibitions.
Creations
- Heroic Woman, plaster, Middelheimmuseum.
- The Purity, bronze, Parc Montsouris.
- The Mother in the occupation, bronze, the first cemetery of Athens.
- El GrecoEl GrecoEl Greco was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his ethnic Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος .El Greco was born on Crete, which was at...
, bronze bust, Academias street , the square of the cultural center of Athens.
- The Little Fisherman, bronze, Symi.
- The Dove of Peace, Symi.