
Lazaros Sochos ( el, Λάζαρος Σώχος; 1862–1911) was a Greek sculptor. He was born in
Tinos
Tinos ( el, Τήνος ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It is located in the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2011 census population of 8,636 inhabitants.
Tin ...
and educated in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...
under
Leonidas Drosis. He later studied also in Paris.
He is best known for the statue of
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis ( el, Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis's gr ...
in front of the
Old Parliament House, Athens
The Old Parliament House ( el, Μέγαρο της Παλαιάς Βουλής, ''Paleá Voulí'') at Stadiou Street in Athens, housed the Greek Parliament between 1875 and 1935. It now houses the country's National Historical Museum.
History
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Gallery
File:Buste Adamántios Koraïs, Cimetière du Montparnasse.jpg, Adamantios Korais
File:Cénotaphe Adamántios Koraïs, Cimetière du Montparnasse.jpg, Adamantios Korais
File:I Mousa - L. Sochos.JPG, Woman
File:I Kefali - Sochos.JPG, Child Head
References
1862 births
1911 deaths
Greek sculptors
People from Tinos
20th-century sculptors
19th-century sculptors
19th-century Greek sculptors
20th-century Greek sculptors
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