Kleoniki Gennadiou (died 1909) was a

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Life

Kleoniki Gennadiou was born in

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. She traveled to Italy and Munich. With her sister Elpida she published the work "Biographical Notes. Contribution to the History of Modern Greek Art", Trieste 1909. She died on March 14, 1909. She received the Silver Prize at the 1888 Olympic Exhibition in Zappeion.

Artworks

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she exhibited the "Maid of Athens", inspired by the

poem Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...

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. Her other works are also "The Church of St. George in Venice in full moon" and "Head of a Spaniard".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gennadiou, Kleoniki 19th-century births Year of birth missing 1909 deaths Artists from Athens 19th-century Greek painters 20th-century Greek painters Athens School of Fine Arts Greek women painters 20th-century Greek sculptors 19th-century Greek sculptors 20th-century women painters