Georgios Roilos

Georgios Roilos (Greek Γεώργιος Ροϊλός, * 1867 in Stemnitsa, Arcadia; † August 28, 1928 Athens ) was one of the most important Greek painters in the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

Roilos studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens under Nikiforos Lytras. With the help of a Greek state scholarship, he continued his studies in 1888 continues at the side of Nicholas Gysi in Munich at the Academy of Fine Arts. Finally, he completed his studies in 1890 in Paris at the side of Jean -Joseph Benjamin -Constant and Jean -Paul Laurens.

From 1895 to 1903 he taught at the School of Art, Athens. After a five -year stay in London, he returned to Athens in 1908 and taught again at the Academy of Fine Arts as a professor of 1910 until 1927.

In his works he presented various topics dar. Among other things, the Turkish - Greek War of 1897 and the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, historical subjects, portraits, landscapes. His early works are based on the style of the Munich school. Later, especially in his landscapes, impressionism is a recognizable, he introduced one of the first in Greece.