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...is the famous "Umbrellas" sculpture by George Zongolopoulos.

George Zongolopoulos was born in Athens in 1903. He studied sculpture in the Supreme School of Fine Arts in Athens, with T. Thomopoulos as his teacher (1924-1930).Between 1926 and 1927, he worked in the Department of Restoration of Ancient and Byzantine Monuments for the Ministry of Education. Nevertheless, his interest was not restricted to sculpture. On the contrary, he also engaged in painting and architecture. He worked in the Architectural Department of the Ministry of Education from 1930 to 1938. In that period he designed school buildings and churches. He was a teacher in Sivitanidios School of Arts and Crafts from 1933 to 1944.

In 1997 “Umbrellas” was placed at Thessaloniki port in Greece for the “Thessaloniki as the Cultural Capital of Europe”

For more infos pls check:
George Zongopoulos Foundation
Medusa Art Gallery

Taken with a Nikon D5200


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