Description
In the period from 1897 to 1907 she participated in important art exhibitions including Zappeion and the International Exhibition of 1903. She studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1903 to 1907 with teachers Konstantinos Volanakis, Georgios Roilos, Nikiforos Lytras and Georgios Jakobides.
She also studied with Spyridon Vikatos. In 1906 she and Thalia Flora staged a joint exhibition, and in 1907 she held a solo exhibition in “Parnassus”.
In 1908 Laskaridou left for Munich, and from 1908 to 1916 she stayed in Germany and France, where her work received a positive reception. She had obtained a scholarship from the Bozeiou Endowment that allowed her to study in Munich where she received free lessons at the School of the Ladies Association of Artists. In Paris she studied to the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Académie Colarossi. Her work was shown at the Salon.
Laskaridou returned to settle permanently in Greece in 1916. By this time she was considered a prominent artist. She exhibited in 1924 and 1927 and sold many paintings. After this her work only appeared in occasional group exhibitions. Myths gradually developed about her time in Europe, such as that she had affairs with Pablo Picasso and Auguste Renoir, and these later became accepted as fact. In 1952 she staged a solo retrospective exhibition. She died in Athens in 1965.
Sofia Laskaridou (1876-1965) – Painting, oil on wood – It is a very beautiful and collectible painting.
Code: C629