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1923 - 2010. Known for: Landscape, figure, genre painting.
Manolis Calliyannis was a Greek painter born in Mytilini of Lesbos Island, Greece, where he received his only lessons in painting from Antonis Protopatsis (1897-1947), an Impressionist painter from... Read full biography
Manolis Calliyannis was a Greek painter born in Mytilini of Lesbos Island, Greece, where he received his only lessons in painting from Antonis Protopatsis (1897-1947), an Impressionist painter from Paris. He studied architecture at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, from 1946-1948 and he was... Read full biography
Manolis Calliyannis was a Greek painter born in Mytilini of Lesbos Island, Greece, where he received his only lessons in painting from Antonis Protopatsis (1897-1947), an Impressionist painter from Paris. He studied architecture at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, from 1946-1948 and he was also painting in his spare time. Manolis Calliyannis first personal exhibition was organised at the Constantia Galleries, Johannesburg, in 1948 and moved the same year to Paris, where he became a... Read full biography
Manolis Calliyannis was a Greek painter born in Mytilini of Lesbos Island, Greece, where he received his only lessons in painting from Antonis Protopatsis (1897-1947), an Impressionist painter from Paris. He studied architecture at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, from 1946-1948 and he was also painting in his spare time. Manolis Calliyannis first personal exhibition was organised at the Constantia Galleries, Johannesburg, in 1948 and moved the same year to Paris, where he became a full-time painter. He first made his reputation with abstract paintings in restrained and sober colors. In 1955 he began to make regular return visits to Lesbos and has since painted many landscapes of Greece, as well as some figure pictures. Calliyannis... Read full biography
Manolis Calliyannis was a Greek painter born in Mytilini of Lesbos Island, Greece, where he received his only lessons in painting from Antonis Protopatsis (1897-1947), an Impressionist painter from Paris. He studied architecture at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, from 1946-1948 and he was also painting in his spare time. Manolis Calliyannis first personal exhibition was organised at the Constantia Galleries, Johannesburg, in 1948 and moved the same year to Paris, where he became a full-time painter. He first made his reputation with abstract paintings in restrained and sober colors. In 1955 he began to make regular return visits to Lesbos and has since painted many landscapes of Greece, as well as some figure pictures. Calliyannis took part in the following group exhibitions: The Arts Club of Chicago Chicago (1956-1957); and Pierre Matisse Gallery New York (1963, 1965... Read full biography
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- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene