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Dionysios Vegias | |
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Διονύσιος Βέγιας | |
| Born | 1810 Cephalonia, Greece |
| Died | 1884 Corfu, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Occupation | Painter |
Dionysios Vegias (Greek:Διονύσιος Βέγιας, 1810–84) was a Greek painter of the laterHeptanese School of painting.
Dionysios Vegias was born in 1810 inCephalonia.[1]He was a pupil of the sculptorPavlos Prosalentis (1784–1837), then received a scholarship from theIonian Islands to study painting at theAccademia di San Luca in Rome.He proved an excellent pupil. He stayed in Italy for some time making copies of Renaissance genre paintings, which were popular with buyers at the time.In 1839 he returned toCorfu, where he taught drawing at the art school founded by Prosalentis.He then taught at the Lyceum of Corfu.[2]He died in 1884 inCorfu.[1]
Dionysios Vegias participated in the International Exhibition in London (1862) and in Olympia (1875).His paintings include portraits, historical scenes, religious paintings and mythological scenes such asDanae (1870), a relatively unusual genre in Ionian art. He was influenced by Italian painting, and depicted idealized forms and actions.[2]He also made icons, and decorated the church of St. Spyridon inArgostoli, Our Lady of Strangers and St. George in theOld Fortress, Corfu.[3]
