Valassis caniaris biography of albert einstein

Greek modernist painter

Vlassis Caniaris (1928–2011) was a prominent Greek painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Greek modernism, as it emerged from the 1960s onwards, with a strong international presence.^[1] His work falls within the framework of the so-called Generation of the Diaspora, which since the 1950s operated in European artistic centres such as Rome, Paris, and later Berlin.^[2]: 33

Life

Path to painting (1928–1955)

Vlassis Caniaris was born in Athens in 1928.

Initially, he studied at the Medical School of the University of Athens.

Valassis caniaris biography of albert einstein

In 1950, after the death of his father, he abandoned his medical studies to pursue the visual arts. He prepared for the examinations to the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) in the Panos Sarafianos Tutorial School. At the School, he had Yiannis Moralis, Umberto Argyros [bg; de; el; fr; he] and Yannis Pappas for professors.^[3]

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