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Karpontinis Georgios

Date of birth: 01-01-1930
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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Kynidaros, Naxos, 1930. He took painting and hagiography courses from the painter P. Papanikolaou (1958-1965) and studied the Byzantine monuments of Greece. His painting work is constituted by oils, tempera, and collage in textile, paper, timber. He mainly deals with still-life painitngs and landscapes and his work is characterized by representational  tendencies.  He is member of EETE and “Pan-Hellenic Association of Hagiographers”.

Solo exhibitions
1959: Educative youth association of Chalandri

Group exhibitions
1971: Pan-Hellenic
1972: Biennale Internazionale d' Arte Sacra, Foggia, Italy
1973: Greek nations             
           Pan-Hellenic Report of Byzantine Art, Patras
1986: National Gallery

He has made hagiographies in churches in Athens, Peloponnese, Kavala, Naxos and the orthodox temple of St. Pavlos in Nuremberg. His works can be found in the Museum of Holy Abbey Patmos, in the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, etc.