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Nikolaos Gyzis | |
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| Born | (1842-03-01)1 March 1842 |
| Died | 4 January 1901(1901-01-04) (aged 58) |
| Education | School of Arts,Athens Royal Academy of Fine Arts,Munich |
| Known for | Painter and faculty member |
| Movement | Orientalist Munich School Genre art |
Nikolaos Gyzis (Greek:Νικόλαος Γύζης[niˈko.la.osˈʝi.zis];German:Nikolaus Gysis; 1 March 1842 – 4 January 1901) is considered one ofGreece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his workEros and the Painter, his first genre painting. It was auctioned in May 2006 atBonhams inLondon, being last exhibited in Greece in 1928. He was the major representative of theMunich School, the major 19th-century Greek art movement.
Gyzis was born in the village of Sklavochori, on the island ofTinos which has a long artistic history. As his family settled in Athens in 1850, he soon embarked on a study at theAthens School of Fine Arts. His studies there formed the foundation of his artistic education and helped him to develop his natural skill in painting.
In 1865, having won a scholarship, he went to continue his studies at theAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he settled for the rest of his life. He was very soon incorporated into theGerman pictorial climate, and became one of its most characteristic representatives of the Greek artistic movement of theMunich School. This is expressed in the paintingNews of Victory of 1871, which deals with theFranco-Prussian War, and the paintingApotheosis i Thriamvos tis Vavarias (Apotheosis or Triumph of Bavaria).
From 1886 onward he was professor at theAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich, and gradually turned from the detailed realistic depictions towards compositions of a singularly impressionistic character. His students includedJan Vochoc,Ernst Oppler,Fritz Osswald,Anna May-Rychter,[1]Alfred Juergens and Stefan Popescu (Romanian painter).
At the beginning of the 1870s returned to Greece for a period of several years, after which he produced a sequence paintings with more avowedly Greek themes, such as theCarnival at Athens and theArravoniasmata (Engagement Ceremony) and a little later the paintingAfter the Destruction ofPsara. Towards the end of his life, in the 1890s, he took a turn toward more religious themes, with his best known work of the later period being Triumph of Religion.[2] Gyzis died inMunich.
His works are today exhibited at museums and private collections in Greece, Germany, and elsewhere.
Gyzis' paintingThe Secret School was depicted on thereverse of the Greek 200drachmas banknote of 1996–2001.[3]
TheAthenian neighbourhoodGyzi is named for him.
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