Socrate Sidiropoulos (born 1947 in Attica, Greece), is a Greek

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.

Biography

His mother painter of orthodox icons taught him the

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

iconography Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the particular compositions and details used to do so, and other elements that are distinct fro ...

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

and mosaic. He had painted icons for Gregorian and Julian orthodox churches. He was disciple of the sculptor Ossip Zadkine. He continued to study the sculpture by the sculptor

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. He learned the western painting by the painters Zoe Valsamis and Philopoemen Constantinidi or Caracosta. He completed his studies at the Academie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. He painted portraits, for example the portrait of the matador

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and others. Influenced from the painters Goya, Zurbarán, and

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. He had painted religious scenes with occidental art. He had painted many scenes of Flamenco and

Bullfighting Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. There are several variations, including some forms wh ...

Creations

Among His Creations I quote a few: *Painting, ''The Artist and his Room'', Museum of Elsene, Bruxelles, Belgium. *Painting, ''Oriental Portrait'', Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborgs, Sweden. *Painting, ''Manolete'', Museo de Arte de El Salvador. *Painting, ''Suleiman the Magnificent'', The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts of Moscow, Russia. *Painting, ''La Vuelta (Nimeno II)'', Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Les Villas des Pins, Monaco. and others.

Bibliography

*Martine Brimault, ''Peintres de Portraits à Paris de 1764 à 2014'', Erato 2014, , page 131, 132, 133, 134, BNF Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
BNF Catalogue Général
*Martine Brimault, ''Sotiris René Sidiropoulos'', Peintre Sculpteur, monographie de l'artiste, Erato 2014, , page 76, 77, 78, 79, BNF Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
BNF Catalogue Général

External links

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