Theodoros Papadimitriou (Greek: Θεόδωρος Παπαδημητρίου; 1931 – 8 June 2018), also known simply as Theodoros (Θόδωρος), was a
Greek
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sculptor
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who achieved international recognition.
Biography
He was born in
Agrinio
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in 1931 where he passed his childhood years and came into the years. His family descended from the mountainous village of
Agios Vlassios. He fininsed the gymnasium at Agrinio in 1949 and left for
Athens
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where in 1951 he entered the arts school. After his studies in Athens and his years in the military, he moved for
Paris
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where he spend three years at the
Εcole S. Des Beaux-Arts. He remained for several years in Paris where he became famous as a sculptor. When the dictatorship known as the
Regime of the Colonels
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, he fled and left for
San Francisco
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in the
United States
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nearly the other side of Greece and taught at the
California State University
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. After several years in France and the United States, he returned to Greece where he lives since after the fall of the dictatorship and in 1980 he became a professor of plastic in the architect school.
Works
He made dozens of sculptures in Greece and worldwide, and won several awards. One of his most popular works include the sculptures at the
Syntagma of the
Athens Metro
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References
External links
*http://www.theodoros.net/
Thodoros Papadimitriou at ''Nea Epohi'' website
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130545/http://e-politeia.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=527&Itemid=82
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1931 births
2018 deaths
People from Agrinio
20th-century Greek sculptors
21st-century Greek sculptors