Konstantinos Parthenis facts for kids
Konstantinos Parthenis (born May 10, 1878 – died July 25, 1967) was a very important Greek painter. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, into the Greek community there. Parthenis changed the way Greek art was done in the 1800s. He brought new, modern ideas into his paintings, even when he painted traditional subjects like Jesus Christ.
His Life
Konstantinos Parthenis was born to an Italian mother and a Greek father in Alexandria. He studied art for a short time in Italy. From 1895 to 1903, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He was part of an art group called "Humanitas," which started in 1897. This group was interested in new ways of living and thinking.
While in Vienna, Parthenis also took music lessons. His first art show was in 1899. After his studies, he moved to Paris in 1903. Later, he lived in Greece, where he worked as a painter of religious icons. In 1907, he painted the George's Church in Vienna. He was a very religious icon painter, but his style was different from traditional icon painting. In 1938, he showed his art at the Venice Biennale, a big art exhibition. The Italian government even bought one of his paintings.
