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Born 1926 Lefkosia, Cyprus. Known for: Self-taught peasant figure painting.
Themistoklis Fotiadis was born in 1926 in Lefkosia, Cyprus. He was a self-taught painter, and studied and taught agronomy at the University of California. He began to paint around 1964. His frequent... Read full biography
Themistoklis Fotiadis was born in 1926 in Lefkosia, Cyprus. He was a self-taught painter, and studied and taught agronomy at the University of California. He began to paint around 1964. His frequent tours as an agronomist in the Cypriot countryside and the direct contact with the Cypriot shepherds... Read full biography
Themistoklis Fotiadis was born in 1926 in Lefkosia, Cyprus. He was a self-taught painter, and studied and taught agronomy at the University of California. He began to paint around 1964. His frequent tours as an agronomist in the Cypriot countryside and the direct contact with the Cypriot shepherds and farmers, with the life and customs influenced his subject matter. The art outside the purely artistic value has folkloric value, systematically and love preserves information about the costume of... Read full biography
Themistoklis Fotiadis was born in 1926 in Lefkosia, Cyprus. He was a self-taught painter, and studied and taught agronomy at the University of California. He began to paint around 1964. His frequent tours as an agronomist in the Cypriot countryside and the direct contact with the Cypriot shepherds and farmers, with the life and customs influenced his subject matter. The art outside the purely artistic value has folkloric value, systematically and love preserves information about the costume of the peasant with the different variant. The tools of his work, for various events and many other in information the world lost. In 1981, the Cypriot mails chose two projects, which have respective female and male dance, and reflected in two Cypriot... Read full biography
Themistoklis Fotiadis was born in 1926 in Lefkosia, Cyprus. He was a self-taught painter, and studied and taught agronomy at the University of California. He began to paint around 1964. His frequent tours as an agronomist in the Cypriot countryside and the direct contact with the Cypriot shepherds and farmers, with the life and customs influenced his subject matter. The art outside the purely artistic value has folkloric value, systematically and love preserves information about the costume of the peasant with the different variant. The tools of his work, for various events and many other in information the world lost. In 1981, the Cypriot mails chose two projects, which have respective female and male dance, and reflected in two Cypriot stamps within the institution EUROPA.
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Themistoklis Fotiadis was born in 1926 in Lefkosia, Cyprus. He was a self-taught painter, and studied and taught agronomy at the University of California.
He began to paint around 1964. His frequent tours as an agronomist in the Cypriot countryside and the direct contact with the Cypriot shepherds and farmers, with the life and customs influenced his subject matter. The art outside the purely artistic value has folkloric value, systematically and love preserves information about the costume of the peasant with the different variant.
The tools of his work, for various events and many other in information the world lost. In 1981, the Cypriot mails chose two projects, which have respective female and male dance, and...But wait, there's more...
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