Greek artist Alekos Fassianos died Sunday aged 86 at his house after a prolonged ailment, the state news company ANA reported.
Born on December 16, 1935, Fassianos studied violin at the Athens Conservatory and painting at the Athens College of Wonderful Arts from 1955 to 1960.
Soon after his initially exhibition, he moved from his hometown of Athens to Paris after gaining a French point out scholarship to review lithography at the the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Nationwide School of Fantastic Arts).
He finished up being in the French cash for the next 35 decades.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that ended up painted more than
Rembrandt’s legendary ‘Night Watch’
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum closely examined Rembrandt’s most well known painting over the previous two many years, utilizing condition-of-the-art technological innovation. It turned out that Rembrandt first made a sketch on the canvas, painted more than it and built several improvements as he was likely along. “We have learned the genesis of ‘The Evening Check out,'” director Taco Dibbits stated, calling it a “breakthrough.”
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that had been painted about
Vermeer and a canceled-out cupid
Individuals are acquainted with Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman Examining a Letter at an Open up Window” (ca. 1657-1659) in its variation on the remaining. Two years ago, scientists uncovered a naked cupid figure that had been painted about. The portray, cupid and all, is on show in the Dresden exhibition “Johannes Vermeer. On Reflection” in its original point out right up until January 2, 2022.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that ended up painted around
Jan van Eyck’s mystic lamb
Very last calendar year, individuals were astonished at a discovery in the Ghent altarpiece built all through restoration do the job. The Flemish painter Jan van Eyck (about 1390 to 1441) had not painted the lamb as demonstrated on the left, but actually as viewed on the suitable, with a slender snout and a piercing, downright human-like gaze. The uncovered primary was mocked in social media.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that had been painted around
Protect them up in Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement’
The version we see of Michelangelo’s “Very last Judgement” (1534-1541) in the Sistine Chapel does not correspond to the primary. The figures he painted close to Jesus Christ ended up stark naked. His contemporaries felt that was obscene, so they commissioned his student Daniele da Volterra to add trousers to the nude figures. He went down in background as “braghettone” (the breeches painter).
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that ended up painted above
Van Gogh’s wrestlers painted out with bouquets
Vincent van Gogh painted in excess of several of his images. Cash was far too restricted to retain acquiring new canvases. In 1886, he painted “However Everyday living with Meadow Bouquets and Roses” about two 50 percent-bare wrestlers he had made at the Antwerp Artwork Academy (suitable). It was not until finally 2012 that the flower portray was evidently attributed to van Gogh.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that have been painted above
Woman portrait, ravine and lush vegetation
Additional painted-over works by van Gogh: the painting “Wild Vegetation” (base remaining) was found beneath “Ravine” (best still left). The two paintings had been established 4 months apart. In 2008 researchers employed particular X-ray technological know-how to come across a portrait of a lady beneath his portray “Grasgrond” (correct). They have been capable to reconstruct the dark portrait in wonderful detail.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that were being painted around
Picasso: Adhere to the strains
Thrifty, Pablo Picasso at the time utilised a canvas for “La Misereuse accroupie” (1902) that experienced now been painted on by an unknown artist. In 2018, a Canadian exploration team found out a landscape and a hand underneath the female with the blanket. Picasso even applied the existing traces for his painting.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that ended up painted above
Max Pechstein: Cover what you really don’t like
For virtually a century, Max Pechstein’s “Lady with Hat” (1910) was hidden at the rear of a flower however lifestyle. Pechstein possibly canceled out the primary with its vibrant colours for the reason that he was not happy with it. He favored to conceal what nowadays is found as Expressionism and deemed deserving of safety.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that were painted over
Giacometti: Self-doubt about his operate
Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) painted more than his shots once again and all over again, not only out of deficiency of dollars but simply because he was dissatisfied with his function. When he painted, he cursed, lamented, and began in excess of yet again. It took him 18 times to paint the portrait of his close friend James Lord.
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From Rembrandt to Picasso: Artworks that had been painted above
Georg Baselitz: An invisible portray
“I desire of painting an invisible photograph,” Georg Baselitz mentioned in 2013. But how? By building it disappear underneath levels of black paint. “Joseph Beuys just positioned the portray with its back again to the viewer, preserving the secret. That is approximately how I consider it,” he said — an completely distinct technique from that of his colleagues in excess of the centuries.
Author: Bettina Baumann
Influenced by Greek mythology
Though some of his early paintings were in a up to date type, he also drew a lot of inspiration from popular art and Historic Greek mythology. He was also stirred by Byzantine themes. In addition to painting and lithography, he also illustrated publications, designed costumes for theatrical productions and created sculptures.
Described by some as the Picasso of Greece, Fassianos was extensively lauded and quite a few of his will work adorn public spaces, together with a mural at a subway station in the Greek cash.
In France, he was manufactured a commander of the Get of Arts and Letters and an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works have been exhibited across Europe and Latin The usa. His final major exhibition was a 2004 retrospective in Athens.
Precious heritage
“All the do the job of Fassianos, the colors that filled his canvases, the multidimensional forms that dominated his paintings, exude Greece,” explained Culture Minister Lina Mendoni in a assertion.
Primary Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Fassianos “usually balanced between realism and abstraction” and he “leaves us a treasured heritage”.
Fassianos leaves behind his spouse, Mariza, and two daughters.
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