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Leonidas Drosis ( el, Λεωνίδας Δρόσης; (1834/1836/1843 - 1882)) was a Greek neoclassical sculptor of the 19th century.
Born in
File:Père-Lachaise - Division 8 - Boime-Simon 03.jpg, Tomb of Eugénie Boime-Simon
File:Irini Maurokordatou by Leonidas Drosis.jpg, Irini Mavrokordatou
File:Eule by Leonidas Drosis.jpg, Owl
File:The statue of Ioannis Varvakis (Ivan Andreevich Varvatsi) in Athens.jpg, Ioannis Varvakis
File:Penelopedrosis.jpg, Penelope
File:Monument Ypsilanti.jpg, Ipsilanti Monument
File:Socrates by Leonidas Drosis, Athens - Academy of Athens.JPG, Socrates Academy of Athens
File:Σωκράτης, Ακαδημία Αθηνών 6616.jpg, Socrates Academy of Athens
File:Πλάτωνας, Ακαδημία Αθηνών 6619.JPG, Plato Academy of Athens
File:Athena - Leonidas Drosis.JPG, Sketch of Athena
File:Κίονας Αθηνάς - Ακαδημία Αθηνών 1186.jpg, Athena w/ Ionic Column
File:Athena column-Academy of Athens.jpg, Athena Side View w/ Sphere
File:Κίονας Αθηνάς - Ακαδημία Αθηνών 1223.JPG, Athena Front View
File:Apollo - Leonidas Drosis.JPG, Sketch of Apollo
File:0775 - Athens - Akadimia - Apollo column - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 11 2009.jpg, Apollo Full View Academy of Athens
File:0777 - Athens - Akadimia - Apollo column - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 11 2009.jpg, Apollo Half View Academy of Athens
File:Κίονας Απόλλωνα - Ακαδημία Αθηνών 1201-2.jpg, Apollo Close Up w/ Ionic Column
File:Κίονας Απόλλωνα - Ακαδημία Αθηνών 3 crop.jpg, Apollo Close Up of Statue
Leonidas Drosis ( el, Λεωνίδας Δρόσης; (1834/1836/1843 - 1882)) was a Greek neoclassical sculptor of the 19th century.
Born in Nafplion
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, to a German
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father named Von Dorsch and a Greek
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mother named Meksi, however he took the surname Drosis. He later studied in Athens
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and Munich
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on a scholarship provided by Simon Sinas
Simon von Sina or Simon Sinas ( el, Σίμων Σίνας; 1810–1876) was a Greek-Austrian banker, aristocrat, benefactor and diplomat. He was one of the most important benefactors of the Greek nation together with Georgios Sinas.
Biography
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Drosis's major work is the extensive neo-classical architectural ornament at the Academy of Athens, for the Danish-Austrian architect Theophil Hansen
Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen (; original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen ; 13 July 1813 – 17 February 1891) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in ...
. The Academy was also funded largely by Sinas. Drosis sculpted the principle multi-figure pediment
Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape.
Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds.
A pedim ...
sculpture, on the theme of the birth of Athena, based on a design by painter Carl Rahl
Carl Rahl, sometimes spelled Karl Rahl (13 August 1812 – 9 July 1865), was an Austrian painter.
Life
Rahl was born in Vienna to Carl Heinrich Rahl (1779–1843), an engraver. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and won a prize at ...
. This brought first prize at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. Drosis is also responsible for the figures of Athena and Apollo with lyre on the Academy's flanking pillars, and the seated marble figures of Plato and Socrates, which were executed "by the Italian sculptor Piccarelli". (The eight smaller pediments in the Academy complex are the terra-cotta work of Austrian sculptor Franz Melnitzky
Franz Melnitzky (13 November 1822, Krasíkov – 1 February 1876, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor.
Life and work
His father was a stonemason, and he was originally trained for the same profession. After deciding to become a sculptor, he wen ...
.)''Neoclassical Architecture in Greece'', by Mānos G. Bīris, Márō Kardamítsī-Adámī, page 142
Drosis died in Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...
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* 1882 deaths Architectural sculptors Greek sculptors 19th-century Greek sculptors People from Nafplion Year of birth uncertain {{Greece-bio-stub