Ioanni Korai ( el, Ιωάννης Κοραής, c. 1781 – 1841; also known as Ioannis Korais or Kastrinos) was a
Greek painter that shared the same name as his famous uncle
Ioannis Korais. He was a prominent painter on the Ionian Islands. His family migrated to
Zakynthos from Chios. He was a member of the
Heptanese School. His contemporaries were
Dionysios Kallivokas
Dionysios Kallivokas (Greek:Διονύσιος Καλλιβωκάς; 30 June 1806, Zakynthos – 15 May 1877, Athens) was a Greek portrait and icon painter; associated with the Heptanese School.
Biography
Kallivokas was born in Zakynthos. The ...
and
Nikolaos Koutouzis
Nikolaos Koutouzis, or Koutousis (Greek: Νικόλαος Κουτούζης; 17411813) was a Greek painter, poet and priest. He was part of the Heptanese School (painting), Heptanese School, but also a member of the Modern Greek Enlightenment in ...
. He was taught painting by
Ioannis Korais. He was active during the Modern Greek Enlightenment and Greek
romanticism in art. He influenced countless Greek and Italian painters. Korai brought Greek artwork into the
Modern Greek art
Modern Greek art is art from the period between the emergence of the new independent Greek state and the 20th century.
As Mainland Greece was under Ottoman rule for all four centuries, it was not a part of the Renaissance and artistic movements th ...
period. Twelve of his paintings survived. His most notable painting is a portrait of Kyriakos Chorafas painted in 1826. The painting is at the National Gallery of Athens.
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History
Korai was born on the island of
Zakynthos. He was one of the descendants of the famous painter Michael Korais. They were a prominent family from
Chios. His uncle was
Ioannis Korais; he inherited his tools for painting.
Ioannis Korais also taught him painting; he died in 1799. Korai is first mentioned in the archives of the church of Agios Charalambos in Zakynthos at Potami. He was paid 52 realia in 1810.
He painted the iconostasis of the churches of
Hodegetria
A Hodegetria , ; russian: Одиги́трия, Odigítria ; Romanian: Hodighitria, or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of s ...
and Agios Nikolaos of Geronton, as well as the iconostasis of Agios Nikolaos in 1815. He remained on the island of
Zakynthos when the Greek war of independence broke out. He died in 1841 in the Martinegos poorhouse on the island of Zakynthos. Icons of the Iconostasis of both Saint Basils and Agios Nikolaos ton Geronton that were in Zakynthos were lost in fires.
[ Hatzidakis, 1997, pp 107-108]
See also
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Nikolaos Kantounis
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El Greco
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...
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{{Heptanese School (painting)
1780s births
1841 deaths
18th-century Greek painters
People from Zakynthos
19th-century Greek painters
Painters of the Heptanese school