Thodoros Papagiannis (1942)

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Thodoros Papagiannis (1942) – Bronze sculpture “Couple”. The sculpture bears the signature of the artist. Dimensions: 31.5 X 14.0 cm.

Biography:

Thodoros Papagiannis (1942) is a Greek sculptor.

His work is held by many collections and stands in public places in Greece and elsewhere, including his sculpture “The Runners” at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Thodoros Papagiannis was born in 1942 in Elliniko, Ioannina, Greece. He obtained a scholarship that let him study under Yannis Pappas from 1961 to 1966 at the Athens School of Fine Arts. In 1967 he was given a state scholarship to study Ancient Greek Art in Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Sicily and Southern Italy.

Papagiannis became assistant professor at the School of Fine Arts in 1970, supporting Yannis Pappas as professor. He was one of the organizers of the Center for Visual Arts (KET) in 1974.

Papagiannis  studied the latest materials and techniques at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d’art in Paris in 1981–82.

In 1987 he was elected associate professor in the School of Fine Arts.

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Description

Papagiannis organized various sculpture symposiums in cities of Greece and Cyprus, where large sculptures were created in public spaces. Through the Erasmus Programme he cooperated with many European Fine Arts schools, particularly the Academy of Arts, Berlin and Brera Academy, Milan.

After retiring, in 2009 Papagiannis founded the Thodoros Papayannis Museum of Contemporary Art in a former school in his home town of Elliniko. Every summer students and sculptors are invited to the museum to create sculptures, which are placed on the 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) route from the village to the Monastery of Tsouka.

As of 2016 he was Professor Emeritus of Sculpture in the School of Fine Arts and Professor Emeritus at the University of Ioannina in the Department of Plastic Arts.

Thodoros Papagiannis (1942) – Bronze sculpture “Couple” – An excellent sculpture.

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