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Was born in Piraeus in 1929. In 1952 he
abandoned his studies at what was then the School of
Economic Sciences and became a student at the Athens
School of Fine Arts until 1958. From 1959 to
1961 he was in charge of the art section of the newly-established
Hellenic Handicrafts Organisation and assisted in the
design and morphological orientation of folk production
and craft industry, after a short period of training in
Italy. Up to 1976, in parallel with painting, he made
his living with applications of art. In 1976, he was
elected full professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
He was a
founder member of the 'a' Art Group (1961
- 1967), whose
basic aim was to bring the general public of the
country's urban centres closer to modern art. Later he
was also a founder member of the 'Group for
Communication and Education in Art' (1976
- 1981), which
had similar aims. In the year of the restoration of
democracy (1974), he was a member of the Board of
Management of the State Scholarships Foundation. He was
elected Rector at the School of Fιne Arts in 1979 and
held the post until 1981.
He has been a
member of the Board of the Athens National Theatre
(1981-1983) and of the newly-established Inter-University
Centre for the Recognition of Foreign Academic
Qualifications. Since 1996, he has been a member of the
Board of the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank,
and since 1997 has served on the Board of the Society
for Studies in Modern Greek Culture.
He was
President of the evaluation committee in the competition
(2002 -
2003) for the decoration of the stations of the
Athens Underground (Metro) with works by Greek artists.
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