Germanos blessing the flag at Agia Lavra. Oil painting by Theodoros Vryzakis, 1865 Benaki Museum, Athens.

Theodoros Vryzakis (circa 1814-1878) was a major Greek painter of the 19th century. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (726x1000, 570 KB) el:Category:Ελληνική Επανάσταση του 1821 el:Category:Ελληνική ιστορία Licence File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Greek War of Independence Germanos of Patras Metadata This file contains additional... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (726x1000, 570 KB) el:Category:Ελληνική Επανάσταση του 1821 el:Category:Ελληνική ιστορία Licence File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Greek War of Independence Germanos of Patras Metadata This file contains additional... Germanos was an Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras, who, on March 25, 1821, proclaimed national uprising. ... Coordinates 38°2′ N 22°7′ E Country Greece Periphery West Greece Prefecture Achaea The monastery of Agia Lavra was built in 961 AD, on Helmos Mountain, at an altitude of 961 meters, and can be described as the birth-place of modern Greece, and her national regeneration a Hellenic... the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece The Benaki Museum was established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, at the Benakis family mansion in downtown Athens. ... Athens is the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Life

Vryzakis was the son of a victim of the Greek War of Independence. He is the first Greek painter who studied in Munich and the main representative of the type of historical painting that was popular in Greece in the 19th century. Combatants Greek revolutionaries United Kingdom Kingdom of France Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Egyptian Khedivate Commanders Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilanti Georgios Karaiskakis Omer Vryonis Mahmud Dramali Pasha ReÅŸid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... Jacques-Louis Davids Oath of the Horatii (1784) dramatises a historical event A history painter is not only a painter of historical motifs but depicts, in a grand style, man in general, and particularly the great events of Greek and Roman fable and history, the capital subjects of scripture... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Legacy

He is considered the first painter of modern Greece, a recorder of the Greek War of Independence, which he viewed in a romantic and nostalgic way. His painting's characters are pompous, theatrical and detached figures. His interest in the traditional costumes and the decoration and the absence of any individual facial expression is according to art critics the result of the eye of a "foreign" artist, who looks for the conventional element in another land ^[1]. The monumental size of his pictures, the ceremonial and theatrical compositions, and the meticulous style of academic idealistic romanticism make his style unique for among Greek Artists ^[2]. Today, many of his works are exhibited at the National Gallery of Athens and the Benaki Museum in Athens. Combatants Greek revolutionaries United Kingdom Kingdom of France Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Egyptian Khedivate Commanders Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilanti Georgios Karaiskakis Omer Vryonis Mahmud Dramali Pasha Reşid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha. ... Wanderer above the sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich Romanticism is an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in 18th century Western Europe during the Industrial Revolution. ... The National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum (Ethniki Pinakothiki (Greek: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη)) is an art museum in Athens devoted to modern Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century. ... the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece The Benaki Museum was established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, at the Benakis family mansion in downtown Athens. ... Athens is the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ...

Gallery

Theodore Vryzakis, The sortie of Messologhi National Gallery of Athens. Image File history File links The_sortie_of_Messologhi_by_Theodore_Vryzakis. ... The National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum (Ethniki Pinakothiki (Greek: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη)) is an art museum in Athens devoted to modern Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century. ...

The consolation (1856) Greek Parliament The Hellenic Parliament (Greek: Βουλή των Ελλήνων; transliterated Vouli ton Ellinon; literally Council of the Greeks) is the parliament of Greece, located in Syntagma Square in Athens. ...

Lord Byron at the Siege of Messolonghi (1825) National Gallery of Athens. Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... Combatants Greek rebels Ottoman Empire Egypt Commanders Notis Botsaris ReÅŸid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Strength 5,000 20,000 Ottomans 15,000 Ottoman auxiliaries ca. ... The National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum (Ethniki Pinakothiki (Greek: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη)) is an art museum in Athens devoted to modern Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century. ...

The campus of Georgios Karaiskakis (1855) National Gallery of Athens. Georgios Karaiskakis (Greek, Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης) (1782-1827) was a famous Greek klepht, armatolos, military commander, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence. ... The National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum (Ethniki Pinakothiki (Greek: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη)) is an art museum in Athens devoted to modern Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century. ...

See also

• Art in modern Greece
• National Gallery of Athens

Modern Greek Art is the term used to describe Greek art during the period between the emergence of the new independent Greek state and the 20th century. ... The National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum (Ethniki Pinakothiki (Greek: Εθνική Πινακοθήκη)) is an art museum in Athens devoted to modern Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century. ...

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