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Fonis Zoglopitis
Fonis Zoglopitis (; 1930–24 April 2015) was a Greeks, Greek painter. Biography Zoglopitis was born in 1930 in Thessaloniki.Dοra Kominι-Dialeti (ed.), Λεξικό Ελλήνων καλλιτεχνών. Ζωγράφοι, γλύπτες, χαράκτες, 16ος - 20ός αιώνας', Vol. 1, Athens 1997, Melissa, p. 442. His father, who died when Zoglopitis was still a child, was from Rachoula, Karditsa, Rachoula, a village in Karditsa (regional unit), Karditsa Region, while his mother was born in Polygyros. After his father’s death, he settled with the rest of the family in Polygyros, where he spent his childhood. He was a self-taught painter, and at first he worked as a civil servant. His first group exhibition was organised at Kochlias Gallery in Thessaloniki in 1972. The following years Zoglopitis returned to his birthplace and moreover he resigned from his previous occupation in order to pursue a career as a professional painter. Zoglopitis was a long-time partner and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital city, capital of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, the administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as , literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the "co-reigning" city () of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople. Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the Axios Delta National Park, delta of the Axios. The Thessaloniki (municipality), municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical centre, had a population of 319,045 in 2021, while the Thessaloniki metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
