Celebrated Greek painter Alekos Fassianos dies at 86
The Hindu
Besides painting and lithography, Alekos Fassianos also illustrated books, designed theatre costumes and settings and dabbled in sculpture.
Alekos Fassianos, one of the most important modern Greek painters, died on January 16 at his home after a long illness, the state news agency ANA reported. He was 86.
Alekos Fassianos was born in Athens on December 16, 1935. He studied violin at the Athens Conservatory and painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1955 to 1960.
Shortly after his first exhibition in the early 1960s, he went to Paris on a French state scholarship to study lithography at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He ended up staying in Paris for 35 years.
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