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Lili Paschalidou-Theodoridou
Lili (Julia) Paschalidou-Theodoridou ( el, Λίλη Πασχαλίδου-Θεοδωρίδου; Constantinople, 1911 – Athens, 1975) was a Greek doll maker. Biography Paschalidou was born in Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1911 and she was the daughter of Constantine Paschalidis, a businessman, and Despina Pappa, a doll maker. Her sisters were Eleni Paschalidou-Zongolopoulou, Danae Pascalidou-Nikolaidi and Alexandra Paschalidou-Moreti. In 1922 her family left Istanbul having as an initial station Varna in Bulgaria, then Thessaloniki and finally Athens, where they settled permanently in 1925. Her family had a long tradition in the field of Arts and letters. Her own generation (56 first cousins) had many artists, the most famous of whom are the sculptor Giannis Pappas, the painter Eleni Pangalou, the painter Andreas Vourloumis, as well as the painter Helen Paschalidou, Lili' s sister and later wife of the sculptor George Zongolopoulos. Lili' s appeal to painting and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonis Benakis
Antonis Benakis (Greek: Αντώνης Μπενάκης) (1873–1954) was a Greek art collector and the founder of the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece, the son of politician and magnate Emmanuel Benakis and the brother of author Penelope Delta. He is the hero of Delta's book "''Trellantonis''" (Crazy Antony), a literary account of the sundry, mischievous adventures of children growing up in Alexandria, Egypt, in the early 20th century. He moved permanently to Athens in 1926. It is certain that Antonis Benakis, the founder of the Benaki Museum, was influenced by the example of his father Emmanuel Benakis (1843–1929), and the great statesman Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), a close friend and colleague. During his own lifetime Benakis donated the museum that he created to the Greek state, now the Benaki Museum. Benakis pursued a continuous involvement, until his death, in enriching and improving the organisation of the museum's holdings, and his role in ensuring its financia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collections Of Museums In Greece
Collection or Collections may refer to: * Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department * Collection (church), money donated by the congregation during a church service * Collection agency, agency to collect cash * Collections management (museum) ** Collection (museum), objects in a particular field forms the core basis for the museum ** Fonds in archives ** Private collection, sometimes just called "collection" * Collection (Oxford colleges), a beginning-of-term exam or Principal's Collections * Collection (horse), a horse carrying more weight on his hindquarters than his forehand * Collection (racehorse), an Irish-bred, Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse * Collection (publishing), a gathering of books under the same title at the same publisher * Scientific collection, any systematic collection of objects for scientific study Collection may also refer to: Computing * Collection (abstract data type), the abstract concept of collections in compu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |