Vasilis Doropoulos ( Greek Βασίλης Δωρόπουλος , Mesopotamia, Kastoria , Western Macedonia , born 1942) is a modern Greek sculptor. Lives and works in France and Greece [2] .
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Biography
Vasilis Doropoulos was born in 1942 , in the village of Mesopotamia, Mr. Kastoria, Western Macedonia . In 1965, he moved with his mother to Paris , where he completed his art education ( National Higher School of Fine Arts ) in the painting workshops of the artist M. Tondu and sculptors d'Etienne Martin, de Colomarini and de César. Since 1968, Vasilis Doropoulos took part in many solo and collective exhibitions and received a number of awards. At the same time, Doropoulos performed sculptures and medals for the Hotel de la Monnaie in Paris. Doropoulos is a member of the House of Artists of Paris, the Professional Union of Paris Sculptors, the House of Artists of Athens and the Professional Union of Sculptors of Greece. In 2006, the Center for Greek Culture organized a retrospective exhibition of the sculptor at the House of Greece in Paris, under the auspices of the Greek Embassy in France [3] . In 2008, Vasilis Doropulos was among 8 sculptors selected among 200 sculpture candidates from around the world invited by the City Hall of Tokamati , Japan , to participate in the Third International “Granite Stone Sculpture Symposium”. Doropoulos and Italian Renato Ischia represented Europe. The symposium lasted 2 months, during which the sculptors were guests of the city hall and received rewards from it. The “bark” of Doropoulos received rave reviews from the Japanese press [4] [5] .
Prizes
- 1969: Salon of French artists (Grand Palais).
- 1974: Medal and Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts (Institut de France)
- 1977: Grand Prix of Humanitaire de France, silver medal, diploma and ribbon
- 1978: Susse Prize, 8th Formes Humaines Biennale (Rodin Museum)
- 1978: Youth Prize of the Society of Fine Arts (Paris)
- 1981: Rubens Grand Prix Belgian-Spanish Association, Paris
- 1982: The Golden Palm of the Critics (Paris)
- 1990: Lions Club Prize (Printemps Salon, Villeneuve la Garenne)
- 1998: Lions Club Prize of Athens, for “Contribution to Art”
First Prizes at National Monument Competitions
- 1985: “Monument in honor of Grigoris Lambrakis ” ( Thessaloniki ).
- 1986: Monument to the National Resistance (Coridalos, Athens ) [6] .
- 1989: Monument to National Reconciliation (Athens).
- 2004: Monument to the National Resistance ( Kastoria ).
Collections and museums where the artist's works are stored
- National Foundation for Contemporary Art - Fonds national d'art contemporain;
- Museum of Modern Art Paris;
- Hotel la Monnaie, Paris;
- National Bank of Greece [7]
- UNESCO Paris.
- Campus International Hospital, Paris;
- City Hall de Gentilly;
- City Hall of Tokamati , Japan.
- Private collection Mega, Athens;
- Mega Collection, Montreal .
- Museum of Levendis, Glyfada, Athens;
- Fautrier Collection, Paris;
- Constantan Collection, Paris;
- Alexandre Collection, Paris;
- Zographos Anastasios Collection, Paris;
- Pino Mortara Collection, Italy .
Monuments, sculptures outdoors
- " Antigone " (from the marble of Mount Pendelicon ), National Bank of Greece .
- Athena (marble), Skironio Museum, Greece.
- Bust, Daniela Larrazabal & Gallarta Collection, Bilbao , Basque Country, Spain .
- Bas-relief, Society France - Mais, Paris.
- "Nika" (bronze) acquis par le The cultural center of the commune of the suburbs of Paris Villeneuve la Garenne.
- “Monument in honor of Grigoris Lambrakis ” (bronze), Thessaloniki .
- “Monument to the National Resistance” (bronze), Coridalos , Athens.
- “Monument to National Reconciliation” (bronze), Athens.
- "Bark" (granite), Tokamati Open Air Museum, Japan.
- “Bark” (marble from Drama ), Open Air Museum, Drama , Greece.
- “National Resistance Monument”, Kastoria, Greece.
Notes
- ↑ Benezit Dictionary of Artists - 2006. - ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , 978-0-19-989991-3
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek Artists Abroad. Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens 1988, p. 45
- ↑ [1] (inaccessible link)
- ↑ 十 日 町 石彫 シ ン ポ ジ ウ ム - バ シ リ ・ ド ロ プ ロ ス Vassilis Doropoulos
- ↑ [2] (inaccessible link)
- ↑ La Résistance Nationale à travers les monuments, KMIEA, 2000, Athenes (préface et page 15)
- ↑ Collection d'art de la Banque de Grèce, 1994, p. 292
Literature
- BENEZIT. E., Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs,
1976 tome 3, p. 646
- BENEZIT.E, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs dessinateurs et graveurs,
Edition 1999, tome 4, p. 692
- Cahiers de l'Ambassade de Grèce, présidence Hellénique de la CEE, 1995
- Collection d'art de la Banque de Grèce, 1994, p. 292
- Dictionnaire des artistes de la Monnaie de Paris, nouvelle ed. tome 3
- Dictionary of Greek Artists Abroad. Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens 1988
- IONEL JIANOU., ARTED Edition d`art, La sculpture moderne en France depuis 1950, ed.
d'art, 1982, p. 117
- La Résistance Nationale à travers les monuments, KMIEA, 2000, Athenes (préface et page
15)
- LOiSIDOU, N., Dictionnaire d'art des artistes Grecs à l'étranger, 1982
- LYDAKIS S., Dictionnaire des artistes grecs, ed. Melissa, 1997, tome 1 p. 397
- UNESCO, Annuaire officiel des arts, 1980, p. 335
- BENEZIT. E, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et
graveurs, Edition 1999, tome 4, p. 692
- MELISSA, Dictionnaire des artistes grecs, S. Lydakis, ed. 1997 tome 1, p. 397