Leonidas Drosis (Greek:Λεωνίδας Δρόσης; (1834/1836/1843 - 1882) was a Greekneoclassical sculptor of the 19th century.
Born inTripoli orNafplion,[1] to aGerman (Bavarian) father named Von Dorsch, who was a soldier and musician, and aGreek mother named Meksi, he later took theGreek surname Drosis due to his love for Greece and because he identified solely asGreek.[1][2][3] He later studied inAthens andMunich on a scholarship provided bySimon Sinas.
Drosis's major work is the extensive neo-classical architectural ornament at theAcademy of Athens, for the Danish-Austrian architectTheophil Hansen. The Academy was also funded largely by Sinas. Drosis sculpted the principle multi-figurepediment sculpture, on the theme of the birth of Athena, based on a design by painterCarl Rahl. This brought first prize at theVienna Exhibition of 1873.[4] Drosis is also responsible for the figures of Athena and Apollo with lyre on the Academy's flanking pillars, and the seated marble figures of Plato and Socrates, which were executed "by the Italian sculptor Piccarelli"[5] (the eight smaller pediments in the Academy complex are the terra-cotta work of Austrian sculptorFranz Melnitzky).[6]
Drosis died inNaples in 1882.[1]
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Δρόσης, Λεωνίδας: Γλύπτης I.1. Τρίπολη ή Ναύπλιο, 1834 - Νάπολη Ιταλίας , 1882. Η μητέρα του ήταν Ελληνίδα και ο πατέρας του Γερμανός, ο στρατιωτικός μουσικός von Dorsch, που ήταν και κατασκευαστής μουσικών οργάνων.[His mother was Greek and his father German, the military musician von Dorsch, who was also a maker of musical instruments]
Ο Λεωνίδας Δρόσης γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1843. Ο πατέρας του ήταν Βαυαρός και λέγονταν Φον Ντρός (Von Dorsch) κ' η μητέρα του Ελληνίδα από την οικογένεια Μέξη. Μα ο Λεωνίδας άφισε το Γερμανικό του όνομα , πήρε το Ελληνικό Δρόσης και εξελληνίστηκε ολότελα.[Leonidas Drosis was born in Athens in 1843. His father was Bavarian and his name was Von Dorsch and his mother was Greek from the Mexi family. But Leonidas left his German name, took the Greek name of Drosis and became completely Hellenized]
Ο γλύπτης Λεωνίδας, ποὺ ἀγαποῦσε θερμὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ ἤθελε νἆναι μονάχα Ελληνας, ἄφησε τὸ γερμανικὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατέρα του, ἐπῆρε τὸ ἑλληνικὸ Δρόσης...
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