Yiannis Moralis

Yannis Moralis (Greek Γιάννης Μόραλης, Giannis moralis or Jannis moralis, first name also " Yiannis " transcribed; born April 23, 1916 in Arta, † December 20, 2009 in Athens ) was a Greek painter. He belongs to the so-called "Generation of the 30s " on.

Life

In 1927 he went with his parents to Athens. At the age of 15, he was inducted into the Academy of Athens and studied painting with Oumbertos Argyros, Dimitrios Geraniotis and Konstantinos Parthenis, as well as Yiannis Kefallinos engraving. In 1936 he finished his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens and went with a scholarship from the Academy of Athens for a year to Rome. After his stay in Italy, he decided to study nationale supérieure des beaux -arts de Paris, the art of fresco and wall painting at the École. At the same time he enrolled for applied art at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, in order to learn the art of mosaic.

1947 Moralis professor at the Athens School of Art. Two years later he teamed up with other painters, including Nikos Chatzikyriakos - Ghikas, Yannis Tsarouchis, Nikos Nikolaou, Nikos and Engonopoulos, the art group " Armos ", and participated in their first exhibition in 1950 in Athens Zappeion. 1954 started his collaboration with the Art Theatre Karolos Koun of. Later, a collaboration with the Greek National Theatre followed.

For complete works of Moralis include applied work, such as the illustration of books of poetry, the poet Odysseas Elytis and Giorgos Seferis and record covers, costume and set designs for the Greek National Theatre and the Greek National Ballet.

Works in public space are the wall relief on the front page of the Hilton Hotel in Athens, artworks at the metro station " Panepistimiou " and the main train station of Athens.

The first award for one of his works received Moralis in 1940. Was followed by numerous other national and international awards. In 1965 he was awarded by the Greek King Constantine II with the Order of the Phoenix.