Konstantinos Dimitriadis (Κωνσταντίνος Δημητριάδης) (1879 or 1881 - 28 October 1943) was a Greek sculptor who won a gold medal at the
art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Art competitions were held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.
Art competitions were ...
for his sculpture ''Finnish discus thrower''.
Biography
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He was born in 1881
or in 1879
in Stenimachos (Στενήμαχος).
He studied at the ASFA
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. ...
and then went with a scholarship to the
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
The Académie de la Grande Chaumière is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, France.
History
The school was founded in 1904 by the Catalan painter Claudio Castelucho on the rue de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, near the Acadé ...
and the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...
in Paris, where he stayed after his studies. In 1928
or 1930
he became the director of the Athens School of Fine Arts.
He was elected a member of the
Academy of Athens in 1936. His works were exhibited at the
Paris Salon
The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...
and
Salon d'Automne
The Salon d'Automne (; en, Autumn Salon), or Société du Salon d'automne, is an art exhibition held annually in Paris, France. Since 2011, it is held on the Champs-Élysées, between the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, in mid-October. The ...
and the 1936
Venice Biennale
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. He died in Athens in 1943.
Works
*''Dilemma'' (1907)
*''Finnish discus thrower'' (1924): three copies, including one originally in
Central Park
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, now in
Randall’s Island Park,
and one close to the
Panathenaic Stadium
The Panathenaic Stadium ( el, Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, Panathinaïkó Stádio, ), as spelled by Philostratus. or ''Kallimarmaro'' (Καλλιμάρμαρο, , Literal translation, lit. "beautiful marble") is a multi-purpose stadium ...
in Athens, Greece
*''To the Defeated of Life'' (large work in 12 parts)
*''Agia Lavra''
*''Liberation of Chios Island''
*''The Bacchae''
*''The Sceptic''
*''The Bathing Woman''
*''Muhammad Ali of Egypt'' on his horse in
Kavala
Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit.
It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...
,
Greece
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19th-century births
1943 deaths
Greek sculptors
Olympic gold medalists in art competitions
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Greece
Academic staff of the Athens School of Fine Arts
20th-century Greek artists
20th-century sculptors
Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)
Olympic competitors in art competitions
20th-century Greek sculptors
19th-century Greek sculptors