Nikolaos Vokos ( el, Νικόλαος Βώκος; 1854 – August 7, 1902) 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 ...

of the

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art movement.

Biography

He was the son of

Emmanouil Miaoulis Emmanouil Miaoulis ( el, Εμμανουήλ Μιαούλης, 1812 - 1871) was a Greek naval officer. He was born in the island of Hydra in 1812, the son of Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, who became the leader of the Greek navies in the Greek War of I ...

and a grandson of Admiral

Andreas Vokos Miaoulis Andreas Vokos, better known by his nickname Miaoulis ( el, Ανδρέας Βώκος Μιαούλης; 1765 – 24 June 1835), was a Greek revolutionary, admiral, and politician who commanded Greek naval forces during the Greek War of Inde ...

.Vokos Nikolaos (1859 Hydra - 1902 Athens)
@

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. He was initially enrolled in the

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, but on discovering his passion for painting he left it to study at the

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from 1874 until 1878. In 1885, after a competition, he won a scholarship to continue his studies in

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under Nicholaos Gysis, Ludwig Löfftz, and Andreas Müller. He remained in Munich for 16 years, running a painting school, until where he became ill and returned to Athens in 1902. He died on August 7, 1902 at

Palaio Faliro Palaio Faliro ( el, Παλαιό Φάληρο, ; Katharevousa: Palaion Faliron, Παλαιόν Φάληρον, meaning "Old Phalerum") is a coastal district and a municipality in the southern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. At the 2011 c ...

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Work

As a painter, he used several motifs. He was especially accomplished in realistic

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. He participated in relatively few exhibitions: Munich 1898,

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1900, Athens at the Parnassos Club at 1901, etc. Among his more notable prize-winning paintings are the ''Fisherman'' (Ιχθυοπώλης), which won the Chicago Award, ''Epitrapezion'' (Επιτραπέζιον) which was bought and exhibited at the palace of the Bavarian prince Regent Luitpold.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vokos, Nikolaos 1854 births 1902 deaths 19th-century Greek painters

Nikolaos Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English ...

People from Hydra (island) Munich School 20th-century Greek painters