Mario Prassinos
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Mario Prassinos (1916-1985) was a Greek artist and illustrator.
He was born in Istanbul (Constantinople) on 30 July 1916, son of Victorine and Lysandre Prassinos, and moved to France with his family in 1922. His sister Gisèle Prassinos (born 1920) is a surrealist writer.
His first exhibition took place in 1938 at the Galerie Pierre Vorms. That same year he married Yolande Borelly. His daughter Catherine Prassinos was born in 1946.
During the period 1942 to 1950 he met Raymond Queneau and Albert Camus and produced work for Editions Gallimard.
He died on 23 October 1985.
