Art Appreciation
Born in Alexandria on May 10, 1878, Konstantinos Parthenis was well-known for his abstract religious themed paintings.
Parthenis studied a short time under Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna when he was young. Around that time, he joined an artistic group called the Humanitas, which became the nucleus of the early alternative movement or life reform.
In 1899, Parthenis held his first solo exhibition was in Böhm Künstlerhaus. After his studies, he returned to Greece and became an iconic religious painter.
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Apotheosis of Athanasios Diakos
(Hero of the War of Independence of Greece), 1821
The Virgin and Child
The Bather
Sources:
Wikipedia
http://www.eikastikon.gr/zografiki/parthenis_en.html
https://www.askart.com/artist/Konstantinos_Parthenis/11059960/Konstantinos_Parthenis.aspx
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