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. Tinos ...

and educated in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...

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 g ...

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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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

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1862 births 1911 deaths Greek sculptors People from Tinos 20th-century sculptors 19th-century sculptors 19th-century Greek sculptors 20th-century Greek sculptors {{Greece-sculptor-stub