Nach dem "Postbuch" handelt es sich hier um das
Gemälde "Frühling in Monagrouli" (Spring in Monagrouli).
TELEMACHOS KANTHOS
(1910-1993)
Kanthos was born in Alona /
Pitsilia, in1910.
He spent his school years at the
Greek Gymnasium in Famagusta.
In 1929 he went to Greece to study
Architecture but was soon drawn to Art.
He studied Painting at The School
of Fine Arts of the Athens Polytechnic Athens, under Spyros Vikatos, Argyros,
Biskinis and Yiannis Kefallinos (1930-40) in the company of
cp-students Tassos, Tsarouchis and Engonopoulos .
He worked in Athens and Corfu as a
Graphic Artist, but with the onset of the Second World War he returned to
Cyprus, where he first worked and exhibited in Alona and then, from 1950 was
appointed and taught Art at The Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia until 1969.
Concentrated in Painting,
Engravings, Stage Sets and Costumes.
His first personal exhibition was
in 1934 in Famagusta. He is considered as one of the «fathers» of Cypriot
art and the chief painter of Cypriot landscape and rural life.
In 1984 he won 2nd prize in
engraving at the Alexandria Bienanale.
His contribution to the Arts and
Theatre was honored by the Greek Academy of Arts in 1979. He died on 18
November 1993
Quelle:
http://www.spidernet.com.cy/channels/arte/dbase/kanthos.html
