Marble art
The contribution of Tinos to modern Greek art, especially sculpture, is valuable. Having the northwestern part: Pyrgos, Panormos, Ysternia,...
December 11, 2017
Lameras Lazarus, sculptor
His origin from Ysternia of Tinos, played an important role in the subsequent evolution of his career. Although the family was established in Athens, he along with his sculptor father,...
April 24, 2017
Malakate Brothers
Malakate Brothers. Jacob and Frangiskos Malakates were born in the village Ysternia of Tinos during the early years of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Both showed their inclination for art,...
April 24, 2017
Sohos Antonios, sculptor
Antonios Sohos, "A leading sculptor" (1888 - 1975) Another sculptor with global reputation, born at Ysternia of Tinos in 1888, son of a sculptor and nephew of Lazarus Sohos. His first toys...
April 24, 2017
Filippotis Dimitrios
Dimitrios Filippotis, "Sculptor and philosopher" (1839 - 1919) Born in 1834, in the village Pyrgos of Tinos, eldest son of Zacharias Philipotis, a great architect and sculptor, Dimitris Filippotis, from a very...
April 21, 2017
Fytali Brothers, sculptors
Fytali Brothers, "The founders of modern Greek sculpture". Their family lived at Ysternia of Tinos during the period preceding the liberation of Greece from the Turkish yoke and during the...
April 21, 2017
Giannoulis Chalepas , sculptor
A descendant of famous marble sculptors, Giannoulis Chalepas was born in the village of Pyrgos in Tinos, in 1854. The large marble family business had branches in Bucharest, Smyrna and...
April 21, 2017
Vitalis Georgios, sculptor
A characteristic and vivid example of his work is the statue of Philhellenic English politician Gladstone, situated in the grounds of the University of Athens....
April 21, 2017