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1908 Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece - 1983 Arlington County, Virginia. Known for: Portrait, religion, landscape, figure.
Antonios Leonidas Karafyllakis, Born: April 18, 1908, in Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, Died: July 7, 1983 in Arlington County, Virginia. Married Niki M. Kapellas 1941. Three children:... Read full biography
Antonios Leonidas Karafyllakis, Born: April 18, 1908, in Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, Died: July 7, 1983 in Arlington County, Virginia. Married Niki M. Kapellas 1941. Three children: Leonidas, born 1945, Michael, born 1948 and Steve, born 1950. His career as an artist began very early. By... Read full biography
Antonios Leonidas Karafyllakis, Born: April 18, 1908, in Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, Died: July 7, 1983 in Arlington County, Virginia. Married Niki M. Kapellas 1941. Three children: Leonidas, born 1945, Michael, born 1948 and Steve, born 1950. His career as an artist began very early. By the time he was out of school, he had received a second prize for portraits (1930), the first "Averofion Prize for Nude Painting" (1931), and the first "Philadelphian Prize for Composition" (1932). He... Read full biography
Antonios Leonidas Karafyllakis, Born: April 18, 1908, in Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, Died: July 7, 1983 in Arlington County, Virginia. Married Niki M. Kapellas 1941. Three children: Leonidas, born 1945, Michael, born 1948 and Steve, born 1950. His career as an artist began very early. By the time he was out of school, he had received a second prize for portraits (1930), the first "Averofion Prize for Nude Painting" (1931), and the first "Philadelphian Prize for Composition" (1932). He studied painting and sculpture at the "Superior School of Fine Arts", Athens Greece, graduating in 1934 with honors and the "Averofion Award for Portraiture". He returned to Kalymnos to work as an artist, accepting primarily portraits and Orthodox... Read full biography
Antonios Leonidas Karafyllakis, Born: April 18, 1908, in Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, Died: July 7, 1983 in Arlington County, Virginia. Married Niki M. Kapellas 1941. Three children: Leonidas, born 1945, Michael, born 1948 and Steve, born 1950. His career as an artist began very early. By the time he was out of school, he had received a second prize for portraits (1930), the first "Averofion Prize for Nude Painting" (1931), and the first "Philadelphian Prize for Composition" (1932). He studied painting and sculpture at the "Superior School of Fine Arts", Athens Greece, graduating in 1934 with honors and the "Averofion Award for Portraiture". He returned to Kalymnos to work as an artist, accepting primarily portraits and Orthodox Church iconography. He spent a great deal of time on Rhodes executing the iconography for many... Read full biography
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Antonios Leonidas Karafyllakis, Born: April 18, 1908, in Kalymnos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece, Died: July 7, 1983 in Arlington County, Virginia. Married Niki M. Kapellas 1941. Three children: Leonidas, born 1945, Michael, born 1948 and Steve, born 1950.
His career as an artist began very early. By the time he was out of school, he had received a second prize for portraits (1930), the first "Averofion Prize for Nude Painting" (1931), and the first "Philadelphian Prize for Composition" (1932). He studied painting and sculpture at the "Superior School of Fine Arts", Athens Greece, graduating in 1934 with honors and the "Averofion Award for Portraiture".
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