Konstantinos Parthenis
Illustration — Portrait of Kostas Parthenis. Konstantinos Parthenis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Παρθένης; 10 May 1878 – 25 July 1967) was a Greek painter. Konstantinos Parthenis was born in Alexandria, part of the Greek community in Egypt, Parthenis broke with the Greek academic tradition of the 19th century and introduced modern elements together with traditional themes, like the figure of Christ, in his art.
Also recorded as Constantine Parthenis · Constantinos Parthenis · Kōnstantinos Parthenēs · Constantin Parthénis
Konstantinos Parthenis
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- 1878 · Alexandria.
- Died
- 1967 · Athens.
- Nationality
- Greece · Austria
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- painter
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- Thirties Generation
- Languages
- Modern Greek
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Konstantinos Parthenis fu pittore; la nascita è registrata nel 1878 e la morte nel 1967.
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Konstantinos Parthenis was born to an Italian mother and a Greek father in Alexandria. After a brief period of study in Italy, he studied from 1895 to 1903 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach. Parthenis belonged to the artistic group "Humanitas" that was founded in 1897 by Diefenbach on the "Himmelhof" in Ober Sankt Veit, and became the nucleus of the early alternative movement or life reform. Parthenis also took music lessons at the same time at the Vienna Conservatory. His first solo exhibition was in Boehm Künstlerhaus in 1899. After his studies in Vienna, he moved to Paris in 1903, and then he lived in Greece, where he worked as an icon painter. In 1907, he painted out the George's Church in Vienna. he was active as an icon painter of deep religiosity but also characterized by a fraction to traditional icon painting. After his participation in the Venice Biennale in 1938, the Italian government acquired one of his works.
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- 1.Παρθένης Κωνσταντίνος. nationalgallery.gr. Pinacothèque nationale d'Athènes.
- 2.Ο ρευστός, πάμφωτος κόσμος του Κωνσταντίνου Παρθένη. lifo.gr. LiFO. 2020-07-25.
- 3.Η Nεωτερικότητα στην Τέχνη. koyinta.gr. KOYÍNTA. 2007-01-10.
- 4.4η Αυγούστου και εικαστικές τέχνες. kathimerini.gr. I Kathimeriní. 2005-01-09.
- 5.Ιστορικό. asfa.gr. École des beaux-arts d'Athènes.
- 6.O αργός θάνατος του Kων. Παρθένη. istoria.gr. Istoría Ikonografiméni. 2002.
- 7.Ta Néa. Οικτρό τέλος της κόρης του Παρθένη. Mort tragique de la fille de Parthénis. 1982-12-09.
- 8.Ο θάνατος του Κωνσταντίνου Παρθένη. Le décès de Konstantínos Parthénis. Istorikó Léfkoma 1967. 148. I Kathimeriní. 1997.
- 9.Εικαστική δραστηριότητα. kathimerini.gr. I Kathimeriní. 2003-11-20.
- 10.Κ. Παρθένης: Βιέννη - Παρίσι - Αθήνα. Fondation pour la culture hellénique. 125. 1995. 960-7622-03-0.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Τέχνη - Ζωγράφοι, Γλύπτες, Χαράκτες. Centre culturel artistique « Óra » Plume. 1970.
- Η ζωή και το έργο του Κωστή Παρθένη. Éditions Adám. 2008.
- Οι Έλληνες ζωγράφοι - 20ός αιώνας. Maison d'édition Mélissa Plume. 2. 1975.
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