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The most important artistic movement of Greek art in the 19th century was academic realism, often called in Greece "the Munich School" (Greek: Σχολή του Μονάχου) because of the strong influence from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich (German: Münchner Akademie der Bildenden Künste), [1] where many Greek artists trained.
Young Spartans Exercising, also known as Young Spartans and as Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, [1] is an early oil on canvas painting by French impressionist artist Edgar Degas. The work depicts two groups of male and female Spartan youth exercising and challenging each other in some way.
The Munich school in Greek art is the most important artistic movement of Greek Art in the 19th century with strong influences from the Academy of Munich. [4] Among the leading artists of this school were Konstantinos Volanakis , Georgios Roilos , Nikolaos Gyzis , Polychronis Lembesis , Nikolaos Vokos , Nikiphoros Lytras and Georgios Jakobides .
Doukas was born in 1841, in Gjirokastër (then Ottoman Empire, modern Albania).He started his studies in art at the School of Fine Arts of Athens, Greece, in 1859.He continued his studies outside Greece: initially in the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1865-1868), being a student of the German painter Karl von Piloty.
Périclès Pantazis, selfportrait (by 1884) Périclès Pantazis, Summer Day at the River (1880) L' Enfant au cerceau (unknown date) Périclès Pantazis (Greek: Περικλής Πανταζής, Periklis Pantazis; 13 March 1849, Athens – 25 January 1884, Brussels) was a major Greek impressionist painter of the 19th century who gained a great reputation as an artist initially in Belgium.
Nikolaos Gyzis (Greek: Νικόλαος Γύζης [niˈko.la.os ˈʝi.zis]; German: Nikolaus Gysis; 1 March 1842 – 4 January 1901) is considered one of Greece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting.
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Anaxandra (fl. 220s BC), ancient Greek painter Aristarete , mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History (XL.147-148) in A.D. 77 Arleta (born 1945), musician, writer, illustrator