Nikolaos Vokos Νικόλαος Βώκος | |
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| Born | c. 1854 |
| Died | August 7, 1902(1902-08-07) (aged 47–48) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | painter |
Nikolaos Vokos (Greek:Νικόλαος Βώκος; c. 1854 – August 7, 1902) was aGreekpainter of theMunich School art movement.
Descended from theArvanite[1]Vokos family ofHydra, he was the son ofEmmanouil Miaoulis and a grandson of AdmiralAndreas Vokos Miaoulis.[2] He was initially enrolled in theCadet School, but on discovering his passion for painting he left it to study at theAthens School of Fine Arts from 1874 until 1878. In 1885, after a competition, he won a scholarship to continue his studies inMunich underNicholaos Gysis,Ludwig Löfftz, andAndreas Müller. He remained in Munich for 16 years, running a painting school, until where he became ill and returned to Athens in 1902.[2] He died on August 7, 1902, atPalaio Faliro,Athens.
Vokos used several motifs, especially realisticstill 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 theFisherman (Ιχθυοπώλης), which won the Chicago Award,Epitrapezion (Επιτραπέζιον) which was bought and exhibited at the palace of the Bavarian prince regentLuitpold.
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