Nikolaos Vokos
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| Nikolaos Vokos Νικόλαος Βώκος |
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| Born | 1854 Hydra, Greece |
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| Died | 1902Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | writer |
Nikolaos Vokos (Greek: Νικόλαος Βώκος, 1854 - 1902) was a Greek painter of the Munich School art movement.
[edit] Biography
He was the son of Emmanuel Miaoulis and a relative of Andreas Miaoulis, He painted initially during his studies at Cadet School, and then he went to study painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1874 until 1878. In 1885, after a competition, he won a scholarship to continue his studies in Munich with Nicholaos Gysis, Ludwig Löfftz and Andreas Müller. In Munich, he waited 16 years until where he became ill.
He participated in exhibitions in Munich 1898, Paris 1900, Athens at the Parnassos Council at 1901, etc. He returned to Athens in 1902 and died several months later at Palaio Faliro.
[edit] Work
As a painter, he undertook wall paintings. He was distinguished for his seascape landscapes works. He was awarded for his works the Fisherman Ichthyopolis (Ιχθυοπώλης) (Chicago Awards) and Epitrapezion (Επιτραπέζιον) which was bought and exhibited at the palace of the Viceroy of Bavaria Leopold.
[edit] References
- The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)
