Nikolaos Gyzis / Νικόλαος Γύζης | Mother and Child, 1896

Nikolaos Gyzis /Νικόλαος Γύζης was considered one of Greece's most important 19th-century painters.

He was most famous for his genre painting.

Born: March 1, 1842, Tinos, Greece Died: January 4, 1901, Munich, Germany.

Education: Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.

Gyzis was born in the village of Sklavochori, on the island of Tinos which has a long artistic history. As his family settled in Athens in 1850, he soon embarked on a study at the Athens 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 the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he settled for the rest of his life.

He was very soon incorporated into the German pictorial climate, and became one of its most characteristic representatives of the Greek artistic movement of the Munich School.

This is expressed in the painting News of Victory of 1871, which deals with the Franco-Prussian War, and the painting Apotheosis i Thriamvos tis Vavarias (Apotheosis or Triumph of Bavaria). | © Wikipedia