Athanase Apartis
Athanase Apartis | |
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Αθανάσιος/Θανάσης Απάρτης | |
Born | Smyrna, Asia Minor | 24 October 1899
Died | 1 April 1972 Athens, Greece | (aged 72)
Nationality | Greek |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Athanase Apartis (Greek: Αθανάσιος Απάρτης, 24 October 1899 – 1 April 1972) was a Greek sculptor. His busts of famous people and monumental works stand in many public places in Greece.[1]
Life
Athanase Apartis was born on 24 October 1899 in
Apartis showed three works in the Salon d'Automne in 1921.[2] There he met Antoine Bourdelle and decided to transfer from the Academie Julian to the Grande Chaumière, where he studied for four years before leaving in 1925 without graduating.[3] Bourdelle gave Apartis much help in his career, and arranged for his work to be shown in 1923 at the Salon des Tuileries. Apartis began to obtain commissions in the 1920s, and made several busts of prominent people.[2]
During
Work
Apartis was influenced by the antique sculpture in the
Busts of prominent people include:
- Ioannis Psycharis (1927)
- Odysseas Androutsos (1936), marble bust, Athens – Pedion tou Areos.
- Nikos Kazantzakis, brass bust, Athens – Perivolos Cultural Centre of Athens. The bust was stolen in March 2013.
- Angelos Sikelianos (1955), brass bust, Athens – Skouze Square.
- Athens Conservatory.
His monumental works include:
- The smile of Athens, Bank of Greece
- Silent Sailor, Captain, Chios
- Andreas Laskaratos Kefalonia
- Chrysostomos Smyrnisstatue, Nea Smyrni
- Chrysostomos Smyrnis statue, Agias Sofias Square, Thessaloniki (1960)
- Maria Teresa, National Bank of Greece (1937)
- Teenager (1940)
- Mother and Daughter (plaster, 1952)
- Bitch (brass, 1955), Athens – National Gallery
Publications
- Athanase Apartis (1962), Apo tēn Anatolē stē Dusē (From East to West), Ellēnikē pezografia, vol. 26, Autobiography, Gnōsē, p. 242
Notes
Sources
- Απάρτης Θανάσης (in Greek), National Gallery of Greece, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 20 February 2016
- "Athanase APARTIS(1899–1972)", Galerie Malaquais (in French), archived from the original on 12 October 2016, retrieved 20 February 2016
- Apartis Thanassis (1899–1972), ISET: contemporary greek art institute, retrieved 20 February 2016
- Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη (in Greek), Municipality of Ioannina, archived from the original on 18 September 2015, retrieved 14 February 2016