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1927 Athens, Greece - 1967 Paris, France. Known for: Carved stone sculpture.
The late sculptor lived and breathed his work and was known as an artist who pushed limits experimenting with new, innovative mediums of creating sculpture, including patenting a technique of cutting... Read full biography
The late sculptor lived and breathed his work and was known as an artist who pushed limits experimenting with new, innovative mediums of creating sculpture, including patenting a technique of cutting stone using an oxy-acetylene flame. “Look at my Volcano; it’s made of Egyptian granite, the hardest... Read full biography
The late sculptor lived and breathed his work and was known as an artist who pushed limits experimenting with new, innovative mediums of creating sculpture, including patenting a technique of cutting stone using an oxy-acetylene flame. “Look at my Volcano; it’s made of Egyptian granite, the hardest stone on earth. No one could ever carve it, no matter how much they tried. But I sculpted it, I shaped it, I gave it the form I wanted,” he once said of the piece. Born on the Greek island of... Read full biography
The late sculptor lived and breathed his work and was known as an artist who pushed limits experimenting with new, innovative mediums of creating sculpture, including patenting a technique of cutting stone using an oxy-acetylene flame. “Look at my Volcano; it’s made of Egyptian granite, the hardest stone on earth. No one could ever carve it, no matter how much they tried. But I sculpted it, I shaped it, I gave it the form I wanted,” he once said of the piece. Born on the Greek island of Kefalonia in 1927, Sklavos died in 1967 at the young age of 40 when he was crushed by a large granite sculpture he was working on in his Paris studio. Source:. "Yerassimos Sklavos' Sculptures to Auction at Bonham's Greek Art Sale in London," Website Greek... Read full biography
The late sculptor lived and breathed his work and was known as an artist who pushed limits experimenting with new, innovative mediums of creating sculpture, including patenting a technique of cutting stone using an oxy-acetylene flame. “Look at my Volcano; it’s made of Egyptian granite, the hardest stone on earth. No one could ever carve it, no matter how much they tried. But I sculpted it, I shaped it, I gave it the form I wanted,” he once said of the piece. Born on the Greek island of Kefalonia in 1927, Sklavos died in 1967 at the young age of 40 when he was crushed by a large granite sculpture he was working on in his Paris studio. Source:. "Yerassimos Sklavos' Sculptures to Auction at Bonham's Greek Art Sale in London," Website Greek Reporter, Septemeber 23, 2016. Text by Kerry Kolasa-Sikiaridi... Read full biography
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