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Nikolaos Koutouzis, or Koutousis (Greek: Νικόλαος Κουτούζης; 17411813) was a Greek painter, poet and priest. He was part of the Heptanese School, but also a member of the
He was born in a part of Greece that was under Venetian, rather than Ottoman control. He appears to have taken his first art lessons from
@ Ygeia Online who lived on Zakynthos during the 1750s. At the age of sixteen, under his direction, Koutouzis painted decorations at the Churches of
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File:Portrait of an erudite by Nikolaos Koutouzis.jpeg, Portrait of a Scholar
File:The beheading of St John the Forerunner.jpg, Adoration of the Magi
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Biographical notes
with samples of his poetry, @ the '' I Imera, Imera'' (Zante edition) website {{DEFAULTSORT:Koutouzis, Nikolaos 1741 births 1813 deaths Greek portrait painters Religious artists People from Zakynthos Greek satirists 18th-century Greek painters 19th-century Greek painters Painters of the Heptanese School Greek Baroque painters
Modern Greek Enlightenment
The Modern Greek Enlightenment ( el, Διαφωτισμός, ''Diafotismos'', "enlightenment," "illumination"; also known as the Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment) was the Greek expression of the Age of Enlightenment.
Origins
The Greek Enlightenment w ...
in art. His teacher was the painter Nikolaos Doxaras
Nikolaos Doxaras ( el, Νικόλαος Δοξαράς; 1706/10 – 2 March 1775). He was a Greek painter and teacher. His father was famous painter Panagiotis Doxaras. Panagiotis Doxaras was the father of the Greek Rococo and the Modern Greek ...
. Koutouzis has 136 paintings attributed to him. He was one of the last Greek painters to incorporate the Venetian style
Venetian Gothic is the particular form of Italian Gothic architecture typical of Venice, originating in local building requirements, with some influence from Byzantine architecture, and some from Islamic architecture, reflecting Venice's tradin ...
during its decline, due to the Fall of the Republic of Venice
The fall of the Republic of Venice was a series of events that culminated on 12 May 1797 in the dissolution and dismemberment of the Republic of Venice at the hands of Napoleon Bonaparte and Habsburg Austria.
In 1796, the young general Napoleon ...
. He was the teacher of Nikolaos Kantounis
Nikolaos Kantounis or Kandounis (Greek: Νικόλαος Καντούνης; 1767–1834) was a Greek priest, painter and teacher who did not follow the traditional Maniera Greca. His teacher was the famous painter Nikolaos Koutouzis. He began to ...
, who was heavily influenced by his style.
Biography
He was born in a part of Greece that was under Venetian, rather than Ottoman control. He appears to have taken his first art lessons from Nikolaos Doxaras
Nikolaos Doxaras ( el, Νικόλαος Δοξαράς; 1706/10 – 2 March 1775). He was a Greek painter and teacher. His father was famous painter Panagiotis Doxaras. Panagiotis Doxaras was the father of the Greek Rococo and the Modern Greek ...
,Brief biography@ Ygeia Online who lived on Zakynthos during the 1750s. At the age of sixteen, under his direction, Koutouzis painted decorations at the Churches of
Saint John of Damascus
John of Damascus ( ar, يوحنا الدمشقي, Yūḥanna ad-Dimashqī; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, ; la, Ioannes Damascenus) or John Damascene was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and a ...
and Saint Demetrius
Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica ( el, Ἅγιος Δημήτριος τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης, (); bg, Димитър Солунски (); mk, Свети Димитрија Солунски (); ro, Sfântu ...
, both of which have since been destroyed. He may have lived in Venice from 1760 to 1764, and been apprenticed to Giovanni Tiepolo
Giovanni Tiepolo ( la, Ioannes Thiepolus; 1570 – 1631) was Patriarch of Venice from 1619 to his death.
Life
He was born in Venice on 12 April 1570 to the patrician Agostino di Nicolò e da Laura Bragadin di Giovanni.
As soon as he was of age, ...
.Brief biography@ the
National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...
website If so, he was definitely back at Zakynthos in 1766, painting the "Procession of Saint Dionysius
Pope Dionysius was the bishop of Rome from 22 July 259 to his death on 26 December 268. His task was to reorganize the Roman church, after the persecutions of Emperor Valerian I and the edict of toleration by his successor Gallienus. He also h ...
".
He also wrote satirical poems on local affairs and scandals, which often contained sharp lampoons of his contemporaries. In 1770, this led to an assault, during which he was wounded in the face. To hide the scar, he grew a beard. This event is also cited as his reason for becoming a priest, but it was seven years later before he took up priestly duties on Lefkada
Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Gr ...
. He subsequently became a parish priest at several locations on his native island.
Nevertheless, he continued to write satirical poetry. This, combined with what was considered a theatrical manner of conducting church services, led to clashes with his superiors and parishioners. Eventually, he was charged with "misconduct and violation of the Orthodox ritual" and was defrocked
Defrocking, unfrocking, degradation, or laicization of clergy is the removal of their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry. It may be grounded on criminal convictions, disciplinary problems, or disagreements over doctrine or d ...
in 1810. Hatzidakis, 1997, pp 121-124 Three years later, some of his accusers recanted and he was reinstated but refused to take up his duties. He died a few months later. Although he focused on religious painting, his portraits were better known during his lifetime. He also took in the occasional student, most notably Nikolaos Kantounis
Nikolaos Kantounis or Kandounis (Greek: Νικόλαος Καντούνης; 1767–1834) was a Greek priest, painter and teacher who did not follow the traditional Maniera Greca. His teacher was the famous painter Nikolaos Koutouzis. He began to ...
.Brief biography@ the
National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...
website
Gallery
Saint Anna
According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come ...
File:The Adoration of the Shepherds1.jpg, Adoration of the Shepherds
File:Koutouzis-NobleWig.jpg, Portrait of a Noblemanwith a Wig File:Nikolaos Koutouzis Saint Spyridon.png, Saint Spyridon, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Peter and Saint George
References
Further reading
*Nikolaos Koutouzis, ''Βωμολοχικές σάτιρες ιερέων'', (satirical poems) Periplus, 1996 * Dinos Konomos, ''Nikolaos Koutouzis'' (abiographical novel
The biographical novel is a genre of novel which provides a fictional account of a contemporary or historical person's life. Like other forms of biographical fiction, details are often trimmed or reimagined to meet the artistic needs of the fiction ...
), Athens, A.Karavias, 197External links
Biographical notes
with samples of his poetry, @ the '' I Imera, Imera'' (Zante edition) website {{DEFAULTSORT:Koutouzis, Nikolaos 1741 births 1813 deaths Greek portrait painters Religious artists People from Zakynthos Greek satirists 18th-century Greek painters 19th-century Greek painters Painters of the Heptanese School Greek Baroque painters