Special Information for the Artist
Hydra 1854 - Athens 1902
Greek painter of the Munich School.
He was the son of Emmanuel Miaoulis and grandson of Andrew, was originally studied in the Academy, but soon abandoned it to study painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts during the period 1874-1878.
In 1885, after a competition, he received a scholarship to continue his studies in Munich with teachers Nikolaos Gizis, the Ludwig Löfftz and Andreas Müller. Munich has spent 16 years keeping school of painting until he fell ill.
He participated in relatively few exhibitions in Munich (1898), Paris (1900), Athens, Parnassos Society (1901), etc.
He returned to Athens in 1902 and died a few months later in Paleo Faliro.
As a painter he tackled all the issues: genre painting, landscapes, portraits, paintings (St. Irene of Athens, Metropolis Hydra). He distinguished, however, for very realistic still lifes .
Among his winning works were the famous fishmonger (Chicago Award) and desktop, which adorned the palace of the Regent of Bavaria Louitpoldou.
