Kostas Valsamis
Costas Valsamis (6 June 1908 – 20 December 2003) was a Greek sculptor. He was born on the island of Symi, Dodecanese, then in the Ottoman Empire and died in Athens. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Also recorded as Costas Valsamis
Kostas Valsamis
- Name
- Kostas Valsamis
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 6 June 1908
- Birthplace
- Symi, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 20 December 2003
- Place of death
- Athens, Greece
- Nationality
- Greece
- Known for
- Constantine P. Cavafy bust · Bust of Dominikos Theotokopoulos · Seagoing Youth (statue) · Statue of the Miners, Lavrio · Bust of Herodotus, Irakleio · Statue of Alexandros Diakos and Rhodes
- Languages
- Modern Greek
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Costas Valsamis (6 June 1908 – 20 December 2003) was a Greek sculptor. He was born on the island of Symi, Dodecanese, then in the Ottoman Empire and died in Athens. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Kostas Valsamis. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5175062 · wikipedia · Costas Valsamis
In this article
Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Modern Greek. Works named in the authority record are Constantine P. Cavafy bust, Bust of Dominikos Theotokopoulos, Seagoing Youth (statue), Statue of the Miners, Lavrio, Bust of Herodotus, Irakleio and Statue of Alexandros Diakos, Rhodes.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kostas Valsamis • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 6 June 1908 • Birthplace — Symi, Ottoman Empire • Died — 20 December 2003 • Place of death — Athens, Greece
Career
Career
In 1932 Valsamis entered the Athens School of Fine Arts where he studied under Costas Dimitriadis. Completing his studies in 1937, he worked as a sculptor in Athens until 1945, then was granted a scholarship by the French government. Valsamis entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the atelier of Marcel Gimond then, at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere, he was a student of Ossip Zadkine.
Personal life
Personal life
Valsamis was married to Zoe Valsamis, a painter and graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Creations
Creations
• Heroic Woman, plaster, Middelheimmuseum. • The Purity, bronze, Parc Montsouris. • The Mother in the occupation, bronze, the first cemetery of Athens. • El Greco, bronze bust, Academias street, the square of the cultural center of Athens. • The Little Fisherman, bronze, Symi. • The Dove of Peace, Symi. • C.P. Cavafy, bronze bust, near the Pedion tou Areos, Athens
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1908
Kostas Valsamis born at Symi.
2003
Kostas Valsamis died at Athens.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Symi.
Birth place
Athens.
Death place
Awards
In 1979, he was nominated as a Knight in the Orders of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture and Communication of the French Government. In 1987, he became a member of the corresponding French Academy of Fine Arts.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Kostas Valsamis. Olympedia.
- 2.International Sculpture Center.
- 3.Parc Montsouris. Paris Walking Tours.
- 4.From Walk 8 | Elizabeth Speller.
- 5.Kev and Karen on the Net.
- 6.Symi (Simi) Gialos.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Benezit, Dictionary of Artists.
- Dizionario Universale delle Belle Arti Comanducci.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 6: Constantine P. Cavafy bust, Bust of Dominikos Theotokopoulos, Seagoing Youth (statue), Statue of the Miners, Lavrio, Bust of Herodotus, Irakleio and Statue of Alexandros Diakos, Rhodes.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Sculpture
6,174 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Korczak ZiolkowskiArtist
- Kornél SámuelArtist
- Kosso EloulArtist
- Kosta Angeli RadovaniArtist
- Kris LemsaluArtist
- Kristaq RamaArtist
- Kristian BlystadArtist
- Kristian KvaklandArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Kostas Valsamis?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.