Costas Malamos (1913-2007)

Costas Malamos (1913-2007) – Painting, oil on cardboard. Dimensions: 38.0 X 54.0 cm.

Biography:

Costas Malamos (1913-2007) was a Greek painter and engraver. He was married to the also painter Ioanna Mitsea and they had a child, Efi.

Malamos was born in 1913 in Alexandria, Egypt, where his father had taken refuge from Epirus. Costas lived the first years of his life in his hometown, Zitsa and later settled in Ioannina.

In 1931 he came to Athens where he studied with a scholarship at ASKT (1932-1937), having as teachers Argyros, Mathiopoulos and Parthenis.

In 1937 he taught painting lessons at a private tutoring center, while in 1938 he was appointed to the art department of the National Archeological Museum, but was fired during the first period of the Occupation.

In 1943 he was hired in secondary education while in 1944 he rejected his appointment to the position of director of the branch of ASKT in Tinos, with the result that he was dismissed again.

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Description

From 1946 he taught art at the College of Athens while from 1958 to 1962 he taught at the Vakalo School.

In 1960 he contributed greatly to the formation of the Municipal Gallery of Ioannina while he was a member of the board of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens and chairman of the Artistic Committee of the National Gallery.

Costas Malamos was a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (EETE). Through his own actions, the Engraving Gallery was created in Zitsa. He died on March 20, 2007.

Costas Malamos (1913-2007) – Painting, oil on cardboard – An exceptional and collectible painting.

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