Georgios Bonanos ( el, Γεώργιος Μπονάνος; 1863–1940) was a

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sculptor. He was born in

Lixouri Lixouri ( el, Ληξούρι) is a town and a municipality in the island of Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands of western Greece. It is the main town on the peninsula of Paliki, and the second largest town in Kefalonia after Argostoli a ...

Kefalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia ( el, Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It ...

and studied in

Athens School of Fine Arts The Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA; el, Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, ΑΣΚΤ, literally: Highest School of Fine Arts), is Greece's premier Art school whose main objective is to develop the artistic talents of its students ...

Leonidas Drosis Leonidas Drosis ( el, Λεωνίδας Δρόσης; (1834/1836/1843 - 1882)) was a Greek neoclassical sculptor of the 19th century. Born in Nafplion, to a German father named Von Dorsch and a Greek mother named Meksi, however he took the su ...

was his professor. He made several statues and busts, placed all over

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. He died in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

Gallery

File:Miaoulissyros.jpg, Statue of Andreas Miaoulis File:The Greek child of David d'Angers reads the name of Botzaris.jpg, The Greek Girl Replica of David d'Angers Sculpture File:Tomb Of Markos Botsaris.jpg, Daughter of Greece File:Kyprianos Kyprou.jpg, Bust of the Archbishop of Cyprus Kyprianos in Nicosia File:Panagiotis Ballanos.JPG, Panagiotis Ballanos File:I Psychi - Georgios Mponanos.JPG, Psychi File:I Istoria - Georgios Mponanos.JPG, History

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* 1863 births 1940 deaths Greek sculptors People from Paliki 20th-century Greek sculptors 19th-century sculptors 19th-century Greek sculptors {{Greece-bio-stub