Ioannis Altamouras
Ioannis Altamouras Ιωάννης Αλταμούρας | |
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| Born | 1852 |
| Died | 1878 |
| Occupation | painter |
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Ioannis Altamouras (Greek: Ιωάννης Αλταμούρας) (1852, in Florence or Naples – 1878, in Spetses) was a Greek painter of the 19th century famous for his paintings of seascapes.[1]
Biography
Altamouras's father was the Italian painter
Nikiphoros Lytras during the years 1871–1872. With a scholarship of King George I, he was able to continue his studies in Copenhagen from 1873 to 1876 near Carl Frederik Sørensen. In 1875 and while he was still in Copenhagen, he was sent to the artistic competition of Olympion in Athens with his painting The port of Copenhagen which won the second award.[1] He returned to Athens where he opened his own painting atelier while his fame and reputation was rapidly expanding. He died from tuberculosis at the age of 26. His death led his mother to a nervous breakdown and subsequent madness.[3]
Work
Despite his early death, Altamouras left a number of paintings, mostly small-scale. In particular, his seascape paintings that he almost exclusively produced are considered equal to the works of another Greek painter of seascapes,
Athens Polytechnic
in 1884. Another of his seascape paintings was presented at the International Exhibition of Rome in 1911.
Art critics have attributed his work to the
National Gallery of Athens and other museums and institutions in Greece
.
See also
- Munich School
- National Gallery of Athens
- Konstantinos Volanakis
- Seascapes
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