Georgios Jakobides

Georgios Jakobides studied at Evangelical School of Smyrna, Athens School of Fine Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Training under Nikiforos Lytras is recorded. Alekos Kontopoulos and Vasos Germenis are recorded as having studied under Georgios Jakobides. The recorded working language is Modern Greek. The field of work recorded is painting. Karl von Piloty is recorded as an influence. Residence is recorded at İzmir and Athens. Employment is recorded with Athens School of Fine Arts. Works named in the authority record are First Steps series. Work by Georgios Jakobides is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Athens, Museum Wiesbaden, Revoltella Museum and Averoff Gallery.

• Name — Georgios Jakobides • Born — 11 January 1853 • Birthplace — Chidira, Lesbos, Ottoman Empire • Died — 13 December 1932 • Place of death — Athens, Greece • Field — Painting and sculpture • Movement — Naturalism • Works — * The Children's Recital (Παιδική Συναυλία) (1894) • Spring (Η Άνοιξις) (1927) • The First Steps (Τα Πρώτα Βήματα) • The Wife and Son of the Artist (Η Σύζυγος και ο γιος του ζωγράφου) (1898)

• Illustration — Jakobides in his studio, photographed by Carl Teufel, 1883 He was born in Chidira, Lesbos. At the age of 13, he traveled to Smyrna to live with his uncle and study at the Evangelical School. From 1870 to 1876, Jakobides studied sculpture and painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Nikiphoros Lytras, and in 1877 he went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich on a scholarship to continue his painting studies under Ludwig von Lofftz, Wilhelm Lindenschmidt and Gabriel von Max.[3] In Munich, he lived for 17 years where he worked in his studio, painting mythological scenes, genre pictures, and portraits. His work is influenced by German academic Realism. His most famous paintings were depictions of children, but he was also o notable portrait painter.[4] In the capital of Bavaria, he was regarded as a successful German artist selling many of his works at high prices. The Greek government invited him in 1900 to return to Athens in order to organize the National Gallery of Athens, and in 1904 he was appointed Director of the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he taught for 25 years. At this time, additional to his themes he produced official portraits of eminent Greeks (e.g., Queen Sophia). He opposed all new artistic tendencies, including Impressionism and Expressionism, but supported younger artists to follow their own individual artistic tendencies.He was awarded at five international exhibits: among those in Berlin 1891 and in Paris 1900. His works are found in the National Gallery of Athens, private collections and in museums and art galleries around the world including art galleries in Germany and the Art Institute of Chicago. Jakobides' opus consists of some two hundred oil paintings, several of which are on display in Europe and overseas. His son, the actor Michalis Iakovides, donated his personal journal – which includes a list of his paintings between 1878 and 1919 – to the National Gallery of Greece in 1951.[5] He died in Athens in 1932.

• Illustration — Children's Concert • Illustration — Grandma's Favorite • Illustration — Portrait of King George I • Illustration — Portrait of Queen Sofia of Greece • Illustration — Pavlos Melas • Illustration — The First Steps (1893) • Illustration — The Girl • Illustration — Bavarian village • Illustration — The Favorite • Illustration — Girl Reading • Illustration — The Naughty Grandson • Illustration — Cold Shower

Georgios Jakobides is recorded as having studied at Evangelical School of Smyrna, Athens School of Fine Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.