MINISTRY OF DIGITAL GOVERNANCE

Artists

Désiré-Albert Barre

1818-1878

Honorary Professor of the Higher School of Fine Arts.

Désiré-Albert Barre was born in Paris on 6th May 1818 and died on 29th December 1878. He was the second son of Jacques-Jean Barre (1793-1855), chief engraver of the Paris Mint from 1840 until he died in 1855.

1. Albert Barre

Dimitrios Biskinis

1891 – 1947

Dimitrios was born into a family of hagiographers.

Dimitrios Biskinis

1891-1947

Dimitrios was born into a family of hagiographers.

Giannis Kefallinos

1894-1957

Yannis Kefallinos was born in Alexandria into a wealthy urban family from Cephallonia and Chios. A brilliant student, he followed his artistic inclinations early on and studied art history and painting in France, where he lived for several years.

3. Γιάννης Κεφαλληνος
4. Αναστάσιος Αλεβίζος (Τάσσος)

Anastasios Alevizos

1914 – 1985

Anastasios Alevizos was known as Tassos. From 1933 until he graduated from the School of Fine Arts in 1939, he studied engraving with the other great engraver, Yannis Kefallinos.

Panagiotis Gravalos

1933-2015

Panagiotis Gravalos studied Painting at the School of Fine Arts under the great painters and professors Spyros Papaloukas and Yannis Moralis.

5. Παναγιώτης Γράββλος
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Vasiliki Konstantinea

1939

She studied Sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) under the professorship of Ioannis Pappas and Theodoros Papagiannis.

Κωνσταντινέα

Vasiliki Konstantinea

1939

She studied Sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) under professors Ioannis Pappas and Theodoros Papagiannis.

Giannis Gourzis

1953

Honorary Professor of the Athens School of Fine Arts. Freelance engraver 1979-2016. 1984 – 1992 Following a competition, he undertakes the position of engraver in the National Mint. Resignes in 1992. From 1992 to 2020 he teaches printmaking/engraving at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
ΓιάννηςΓούρζης
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Myrsini Vardopoulou

1965

2015 PhD  Sociology – Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. Topic: The ideological and aesthetic management of Greek postage stamps 1861-1961.

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