Nikolaos Vokos
Nikolaos Vokos Νικόλαος Βώκος | |
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Hydra, Greece | |
Died | August 7, 1902 Athens, Greece | (aged 47–48)
Occupation | painter |
Nikolaos Vokos (Greek: Νικόλαος Βώκος; c. 1854 – August 7, 1902) was a Greek painter of the Munich School art movement.
Biography
He was the son of
Ludwig Löfftz, and Andreas Müller. He remained in Munich for 16 years, running a painting school, until where he became ill and returned to Athens in 1902.[1] He died on August 7, 1902, at Palaio Faliro, Athens
.
Work
Vokos used several motifs, especially realistic still life. He participated in relatively few exhibitions: Munich 1898, Paris 1900, Athens at the Parnassos Club at 1901, etc. Among his more notable prize-winning paintings are the Fisherman (Ιχθυοπώλης), which won the Chicago Award, Epitrapezion (Επιτραπέζιον) which was bought and exhibited at the palace of the Bavarian prince regent Luitpold.
References
External links
- Media related to Nikolaos Bokos at Wikimedia Commons