Giorgos Ioannou
Giorgos (also mentioned as Yorgos or Georges) Ioannou (1926 – 2017)[1] was a Greek artist born in Athens. He is considered to have been one of the main representatives of the Pop Art movement in Greece.
Giorgos Ioannou | |
|---|---|
| Γιώργος Ιωάννου | |
| Born | 10 December 1926 Athens |
| Died | 13 February 2017 (aged 90) Athens |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Movement | Pop Art |
In his work by adopting the main aspects of pop art and utilizing the techniques employed by comic books, he turned to satirizing social and political reality, creating compositions with a surrealistic atmosphere and symbolic allusions.[2]
References
- "Πέθανε ο ζωγράφος και χαράκτης Γιώργος Ιωάννου". In.gr. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- "National gallery". nationalgallery.gr. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- National Gallery, Greece Giorgos Ioannou
- iset - Contemporary Greek Art Institute - Giorgos Ioannou
- Αρχείο Τ. Σπητέρη - Φάκελοι Καλλιτεχνών, Γιώργος Ιωάννου , Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών, Α.Π.Θ.
- Π.Δ.Καγκελάρη, Γιώργος Ιωάννου Αναζητήσεις στη Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Ζωγραφική - Η Συλλογή Καγκελάρη, τόμ.2, Έκδοση πρώτη, Αθήνα 1999, ISBN 960-85532-1-0
- Λεξικό Ελλήνων Καλλιτεχνών, τόμος 2, (Θ-Λ), Zωγράφοι-Γλύπτες-Χαράκτες, 16ος - 20ός αιώνας (εκδ.Μέλισσα 2000) ISBN 960-204-226-5
- Giorgos / Georges Ioannou (official site)
External links
- Giorgos Ioannou National Gallery
- iset - Contemporary Greek Art Institute - Giorgos Ioannou
- Αρχείο Τ. Σπητέρη - Φάκελοι Καλλιτεχνών - Γιώργος Ιωάννου
- CONTEMPORARY GREEK PAINTING THE CANGELARIS COLLECTION
- Exhibition "Giorgos Ioannou, Album 1940-1974" (BCU, November 2016-January 2017)
- Giorgos Ioannou (official site)
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