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1920 Thessalonica, Greece - 2017. Known for: Still life and landscape painting.
Alkis PIerrakos is a Greek painter. He paints spontaneously since the age of 16 years and spent his childhood outside of Greece, a country in which he returned in 1938. After years of war in Athens... Read full biography
Alkis PIerrakos is a Greek painter. He paints spontaneously since the age of 16 years and spent his childhood outside of Greece, a country in which he returned in 1938. After years of war in Athens in 1947, he left his country for study and travel throughout the Italy, Switzerland and England... Read full biography
Alkis PIerrakos is a Greek painter. He paints spontaneously since the age of 16 years and spent his childhood outside of Greece, a country in which he returned in 1938. After years of war in Athens in 1947, he left his country for study and travel throughout the Italy, Switzerland and England finally settling in Paris, the city where he has worked since 1954 . Since 1945-46, Pierrakos has painted more than 2000 oil on canvas or panel. Nearly half is visible in France, in private or public... Read full biography
Alkis PIerrakos is a Greek painter. He paints spontaneously since the age of 16 years and spent his childhood outside of Greece, a country in which he returned in 1938. After years of war in Athens in 1947, he left his country for study and travel throughout the Italy, Switzerland and England finally settling in Paris, the city where he has worked since 1954 . Since 1945-46, Pierrakos has painted more than 2000 oil on canvas or panel. Nearly half is visible in France, in private or public collections. The remaining half is found in Greece, Australia, Great Britain, Switzerland and Germany. Having shown mainly in Black and White, Pierrakos realized until today between 3500 and 4000 designs, most of the ink. Those in the series Buildings of... Read full biography
Alkis PIerrakos is a Greek painter. He paints spontaneously since the age of 16 years and spent his childhood outside of Greece, a country in which he returned in 1938. After years of war in Athens in 1947, he left his country for study and travel throughout the Italy, Switzerland and England finally settling in Paris, the city where he has worked since 1954 . Since 1945-46, Pierrakos has painted more than 2000 oil on canvas or panel. Nearly half is visible in France, in private or public collections. The remaining half is found in Greece, Australia, Great Britain, Switzerland and Germany. Having shown mainly in Black and White, Pierrakos realized until today between 3500 and 4000 designs, most of the ink. Those in the series Buildings of the 1950s, best known as the most characteristic trait of the artist's energetic, show the "false sweetness" of Pierra... Read full biography
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Alkis PIerrakos is a Greek painter. He paints spontaneously since the age of 16 years and spent his childhood outside of Greece, a country in which he returned in 1938.
After years of war in Athens in 1947, he left his country for study and travel throughout the Italy, Switzerland and England finally settling in Paris, the city where he has worked since 1954 .
Since 1945-46, Pierrakos has painted more than 2000 oil on canvas or panel. Nearly half is visible in France, in private or public collections. The remaining half is found in Greece, Australia, Great Britain, Switzerland and Germany.
Having shown mainly in Black and White, Pierrakos realized until today between 3500 and 4000 designs, most of the ink. T...But wait, there's more...
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