Michalis Oikonomou (also Mihalis Ikonomou or Michael Economou; Greek: Μιχάλης Οικονόμου, 1888–1933) was a

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. He was born in 1888 in

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in the

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(then Attica-Viotia) and went to school there. His first art teacher was

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. In 1906, he moved to

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, where he studied

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, and also attended art school there. Between 1913 and 1926, he had three one-man shows (two in Paris and one in

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) and took part in many group exhibits. He returned to Greece in 1926 and lived in

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. He studied there in Parnassos. In 1929, his last exhibit was shown at the Public Theatre in Piraeus. He died in

in 1933. He used mostly earthy colours, including browns and greens.He painted mostly seaside paintings which reminded him of Greece landscapes that he was longing for all his life in France ,so he expressed his nostalgia through his paintings.

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1888 births 1933 deaths Artists from Piraeus Impressionist painters 19th-century Greek painters 20th-century Greek painters {{Greece-artist-stub