Tassos (engraver)

Anastasios Alevizos (25 March 1914 – 13 October 1985) was a Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor, who became famous under the name Tassos for his works on significant milestones of the 20th century history of Greece. He was born in Lefkochora of Messesnia in 1914. He studied in the School of High Arts in Athens at the age of 16, from 1933 til 1938 and attended the engraving classes in Kefallinos’ workshop. He was an apprentice in the workshops of great painters and sculptors such as

Demetrios Galanis Demetrios Galanis ( el, Δημήτριος Γαλάνης, 17 May 1879, Athens – 20 March 1966, Paris) was an early twentieth-century Greece, Greek artist and friend of Picasso. In 1920, the year he completed his ''Seated Nude'' (private coll ...

, Argyros, Parthenis and others. He continued his studies in Rome, Florence and Paris. In 1938 he was awarded the Prize of Engraving and in 1940 the State Medal of Engraving. EPON-1943

He was politically affiliated with the communist left party since 1930, and during the Occupation he became member of the

United Panhellenic Organization of Youth The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth, abbreviated EPON ( el, Ενιαία Πανελλαδική Οργάνωση Νέων (ΕΠΟΝ)), was a Greek resistance organization that was active during the Axis Occupation of Greece in World ...

() and the National Liberation Front () of artists. During the 7-year dictatorship (1964–1973), Tassos was self-exiled. He was mostly inspired by the struggles of the nation, the natural beauties of Greece and the everyday life of common people. In 1976 he exhibited his works in the National Gallery. In 1948 he collaborated with the Greek Publishing Organization of Educational Books (), and from 1962 until his death in 1985 he had been designing the stamps for the Republic of Cyprus. He is considered to be one of the most important representatives of Greek engravers and his works were exhibited in USA, Soviet Union, France, Italy and Japan. He also participated in the Venice Biennale exhibition in 1952. 1914 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Greek artists 20th-century engravers National Liberation Front (Greece) members People from Messini {{Greece-artist-stub