#theofilos

[wordsmithic]

Theofilos - Eudoxia (Ευδοξία)

Theofilos - Achilles dueling (Μονομαχία Αχιλλέως)

[elladastinkardiamou]

When the so-called Generation of the 1930s, the predominant modernist movements in Greece, established the term and notion of "Greekness", they associated it with various aspects of what they perceived as a genuine form of national identity. In this context, they rediscovered and reevaluated the art of Theophilos; the previously underrated folk artist has since been regarded as the quintessence of Greekness, although he received little recognition in his lifetime.

The artist was born Theophilos Kefalas around 1870 in Varia, a village close to Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. His father was a cobbler while his mother, Penelope Hatzimihail, was the daughter of an icon painter. Since an early age, he showed interest in painting, and acquired some basic skills thanks to his grandfather. As a young boy, he was often ridiculed for his stutter and his choice to wear the fustanella, the traditional Greek kilt that was however not used by locals in the region.

As a teenager, he left for Smyrna, a major city with a vibrant Greek community at the time, and worked as a guard at the Greek consulate. In 1897, he settled in the town of Volos in the Greek mainland, and worked as a freelance painter, creating murals in inns, houses and shops in various villages of the area; he signed almost all his works using his mother’s last name, and is hence always referred to as Theophilos Hatzimihail of just Theophilos. He would also sometimes stage and star in folk plays, using schoolchildren in supporting roles.

The landowner Giannis Kontos acted as his patron at the time, and commissioned him several works; today, Kontos’s house in Volos has been transformed into a museum for Theophilos. He was however often goaded and mocked for his unconventional ways. In 1927, disappointed by the attitude of the locals, he returned permanently to his native island, and continued his work as a freelance painter, often creating murals in exchange for a meal.

[epestrefe]

Θεόφιλος (Χατζημιχαήλ) Η Ωραία Αδριάνα των Αθηνών, 1930

[rebetologia]

Los niños se burlan del vagabundo. Theófilos

[gerardbillet]

Les grands peintres du Xxème siècle du Musee d’art moderne de Rhodes : Theofilis : The meeting of Erocritikos and Aretoussa, Kontoglou Fotis : Aivaliotis Captain, Maleas Kostas : The Pnyx with Acropolis, Galanis Dimitris : la Seine , Heimonas Nikos : Keramikos, Hadjimichail Theofilis : Georgis Karaiskaki, Engonopoulos Nikos : Vows of Friendly Society. #moderngreekartmuseum #theocharakisfoundation #rhodes #rhodos #theofilos #erotokritos #aretoussa #kontoglou #aivaliotis #maleas #pnyx #acropolis #galanis #seine #heimonas #keramikos #karaiskaki #engonopoulos #nikosengonopoulos #peinture (à B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwKoApfFkVy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1308pehcjhg5g

[magikdo]

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[atsoukalidis]

Fragment of a statue made by the sculpture Theofilos from Amorgos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorgos from the Hellenistic period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_period from the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Syros https://www.syrosisland.gr/en/place/hermoupolis-archaeological-museum/

[africastories]

O Kafetzis

by the Greek painter Theophilos (1870-1934)