Thalia Flora-Karavia
Thalia Flora-Karavia | |
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Θάλεια Φλωρά-Καραβία | |
 Thalia Flora-Karavia sketching on the Balkan front, 1912–13 | |
| Born | 1871 Siatista, Western Macedonia, Greece |
| Died | 1960 Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Other names | Greek: Θάλεια Φλωρά-Καραβία |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | War sketches |
Thalia Flora-Karavia (Greek: Θάλεια Φλωρά-Καραβία, 1871–1960) was a Greek artist and member of the Munich School who was best known for her sketches of soldiers at war.
Life
Thalia Flora was born in 1871 in
Flora traveled to various cities in Europe.[2] In 1906 she staged a joint exhibition in Athens with Sophia Laskaridou.[4] While visiting Egypt in 1907 she married the journalist Nicholas Karavia. She made
In 1940 Flora-Karavia moved to Greece, where she lived for the remainder of her life. She died in Athens in 1960.[3]
Work
Thalia Flora began to exhibit her work in 1898, and was shown in many solo and group exhibition in Greece and other countries, including the "Parnassus" at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris, Istanbul in 1901 and 1902, Athens in 1903. Cairo in 1909, Rome in 1911 and the Venice Biennale in 1934.[2]
Thalia Flora-Karavia's work includes a wide range of themes including portraits, landscapes, still lifes, genre scenes and book illustrations. At first she followed the conservative rules of the Academy, but later adopted concepts from Impressionism and Plein air painting.[2]
The
About 70 of her war sketches were purchased from the artist in 1957 and donated to the Municipal Art Gallery of Ioannina.[5]
Notes
- ^ "Flora Karavia Thaleia". www.nationalgallery.gr. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g Arta Greece 2012.
- ^ a b c Flora - Karavia Thalia - Larissa.
- ^ Λασκαρίδου Σοφία – National Gallery.
- ^ a b Συλλογή Σχεδίων Θάλειας-Φλωρά Καραβία – Ioannina.
- ^ Smith 2004, p. 231.
Sources
- Arta Greece (2012-10-26), Φλωρά-Καραβία Θάλια – Thalia Flora-Karavia [1871-1960] (in Greek), retrieved 2016-02-16
- Flora - Karavia Thalia (1871-1960), Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa G.I. Katsigras Museum, retrieved 2016-02-16
- Λασκαρίδου Σοφία (in Greek), National Gallery of Greece, archived from the original on 2016-03-01, retrieved 2016-02-21
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004), Athens: A Cultural and Literary History, Signal Books, ISBN 978-1-902669-81-6, retrieved 2016-02-16
- Συλλογή Σχεδίων Θάλειας-Φλωρά Καραβία (in Greek), Municipal Art Gallery of Ioannina, archived from the original on 2019-03-28, retrieved 2016-02-16
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