Telemachos Kanthos (February 24, 1910 – November 18, 1993) was born in
Alona, a village in the highland Pitsillia area of Cyprus. He was the son of Christodoulos E. Kanthos, a prominent local teacher, and his wife Evgenia Aravi. He is regarded generally as a father of modern Cypriot painting. His work is varied but his favorite subjects were the hills surrounding his village. Some of his most evocative work followed the
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and in response to a Greek junta-s ...
in 1974, where he recorded some of the suffering of the displaced persons and particularly those who had lost loved ones.
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Greek Cypriot artists
1993 deaths
1910 births
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