Christos Kapralos (Greek: Χρήστος Καπράλος, 1909 – 20 January 1993) was a

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artist of the 20th century. He was born in Panaitolio (or Moustafouli) in the former municipality of Thesties (now part of the municipality of

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). He studied drawing at a school with the help of the Agrinian Papastratou Bros. and continued studied drawing in

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at the

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and at Académie Colarossi, he had a student named Oumbertos Argyros, his professor was

Marcel Gimond Marcel Antoine Gimond (1894–1961) was a French sculptor known for his busts, statues, and portraits in bronze. Biography Gimond was born in the Ardèche region of France. He first studied at the ''Beaux-Arts'' Academy in Lyon and was the stu ...

. He returned to

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and Panaitolio in 1945 and in 1946, he moved to

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and later to

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. Christos Kapralos in that connection with the bas-relief for the memory of the

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during

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, on which he worked between 1940 and 1945 stuck in his village. After the end of the war, march along with the rhapsody of history of modern Hellenism. In May 1964 in Zygos gallery, A. Tasos he presented his large black and white wooden arts with the mind from the

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, one memory for all lost friends of his younger days. From his works forgets the civil war which was set in 1961 and completed his works "The men". His works were intensely anthropocentric with the inspiration of

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art and

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. His works were presented with many expositions not only in Greece, but also in the rest of the world. In

in 1996, functioned the only sculpture exposition in the '' Kapralos Art Screen'' which is founded in the wall of the Papastrateias Public Library. His works which includes 60 small works with great length, he loved art from the beginning of his career from 1930 until 1956. Between those works separate the work Figoura 1951, ''Melpomene'' (1940-1945), Kazuo Kikuchi, a Japanese student from Paris (1937) and ''Christopher'' (1940-1945). Bronze and

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works which he displayed in

from 1960 until 1993 in the front of the building, it lets in Athens in the factory at 7 Tripou Street in

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. In the island of

which Kapralos often visited in the summer months, the

Christos Kapralos Museum Christos may refer to: * Jesus of Nazareth * Christ (title), a title for the Jewish Messiah in Christianity * Christos (surname) * Christos (given name) *, a Greek owned, Liberian flagged cargo ship in service 1962-71 See also * Christ (disamb ...

was founded in his honor. There are six workshops in the museum, that contain all the works which were displayed in Aigina every summer from 1963 until 1993.

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External links

Christos Kapralos on ''Nea Epohi''

The biography and the works of Christos Kapralos on ''29Dytika''

Christos Kapralos on the prefectural website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapralos Christos 1930 births 1979 deaths People from Agrinio Greek sculptors 20th-century Greek sculptors 20th-century Greek painters Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Académie Colarossi alumni Herder Prize recipients