Grigoris Baloyiannis Hagiography Byzantine Museum

HAGIOGRAPHY by Grigoris Baloyiannis

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Where: Byzantine and Christian Museum
When: On now – 4 February 2019
Why Go: Explore iconography by one of Greece’s great artists

The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens presents, Grigoris Baloyiannis, Hagiographer, a new exhibition illuminating the artistic career of George Baloyiannis, one of Greece’s great hagiographers.

Baloyiannis revived iconography with his new ideas in Byzantine themes. He adopted the broad style of the ‘Macedonian School’ with its bright and powerful colours.

Grigoris Baloyiannis Hagiography Byzantine Museum

As a student and associate of the great icon painter, Fotis Kontoglou, he assisted in the hagiography of the church of Agios Nikolaos in Patission Athens, between 1963-1965 and also painted images and icons in numerous other places of worship throughout Greece including, Agia Sophia (Athens – Psychiko 1973), Agios Eleftherios (Athens – Chalandri 1998-2001) Agios Spyridonas (Kefalonia 1968) among others.

Grigoris Baloyiannis Hagiography Byzantine Museum

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HAGIOGRAPHY by Grigoris Baloyiannis


Opening hours:

Tue – Sun 9:00am – 4:00pm

Admission: 4 euros

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Byzantine and Christian Museum

22 Vasilissis Sofias

For the taxi driver: Βυζαωτινό & χριστιανικό Μουσειο, Βας. Σοφίας 22

Closest metro station: Evangelismos