Georgios Vroutos (;

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1843 – January 10, 1909, Athens) was a

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sculptor of the 19th century.

Biography

Georgios Vroutos was born in Athens in 1843, into a family originating from

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. He studied sculpture at the School of Fine Arts from 1859 to 1864 under Georgios Phitalis and also took courses in marble carving at the workshop of the famous professor and sculptor Ioannis Kossos. In 1866, he traveled to Rome with a scholarship from Queen Olga, where he stayed for three years, studying under the supervision of Canova, Adamo, Tantolini and Filippo Niakarini. During his time in Italy, he worked on behalf of an Italian banker. When he returned to Greece in 1873, he opened his own sculpture workshop in the district of

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and in 1883 he was appointed professor of sculpture at the School of Fine Arts, as successor to Leonidas Drossis who had just died. Vroutos retained this position till his own death. In 1888 he was proclaimed a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. He was also a founding member of the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece.Dermitzaki, Aikaterini (2013), p. 221 – 222. He died in Athens, on January 10, 1909.

Works

Among the most renowned works of Vroutos, is the statue of

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in front of the

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central building (

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), and the one of

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, in front of the

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exhibition hall. A statue of him is also located in

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, Turkey. In the cemetery there are two monuments of the artist, representing Papadakis and Rallis respectively. The Museum of

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, bought the statues of Achilles and Paris, both artistic creations of Vroutos. An unexpectedly bold creation of his is the "Spirit of Copernicus" located at the

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, sometimes described as a "technical marvel".Marinos Kalligas, Ζωγραφική, γλυπτική, χαρακτική, Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, vol. ΙΓ (1977), p.542. The artist creates the feeling that the body of a winged demon is flying, falling towards the Earth's sphere, while it is relying on a garment that has been crushed. The composition seems to have broken the law of gravity. The artist does nevertheless not seem to have further explored this daring path in his later career.

Gallery

File:Άγγελος του Γεωργίου Βρούτου.jpg, ''Angel''. File:Βασίλισσα Όλγα, 1884 του Βρούτου Γεώργιου.jpg, Bust of

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. File:K Zappas Statue Athens.JPG, Statue of

. File:Adamantios Korais statue Athens.jpg, Statue of

. File:Αρχοντικό Αργυρού - Εσπέρα 1359.jpg, Statue of Evening in Argyros Mansion File:Knabe und Krebs by Georgios Broutos.jpg, Boy with a Crab

References

Bibliography

*Aikaterini Dermitzaki (2013). ''The National and Historical Museum of the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece: founding, collecting policy and other actions (1882–1926)'' [Το Εθνικό Ιστορικό Μουσείο της Ιστορικής και Εθνολογικής Εταιρείας της Ελλάδος: ίδρυση, συλλεκτική πολιτική και άλλες δράσεις (1882–1926)]. Athens: National and Capodistrian University of Athens. (Greek) *Pavlos Diomedes (1894). ''Hestia''[Εστία]. Athens: Georgios Drosinis, Publisher Hestia. p. 40–43.

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