Konstantinos Maleas

Konstantinos Maleas was one of the most important Postimpressionist Greek painters of the 20th century. Along with Konstantinos Parthenis, he is considered as the most important Modern Artist in Greece.

Maleas was born and grew up in Istanbul, far away from the Greek artistic centre in Athens. The young painter avoided therefore the influence of the Munich School that dominated Athenian Art. He studied at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College and then left for Paris in 1901 at an age ofyears to study initially architecture. In Paris he eventually decided to study painting until 1908 with Henri Martin.

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