Greek artist
Dimitris Mytaras (Greek: Δημήτρης Μυταράς; 18 June 1934 – 16 February 2017) was a Greek artist who is wise one of the important painters of Greece during the Ordinal century.[1]
His work was mainly inspired by the human figure, arena a combination of naturalism and expressionism. From the 1960s progressing, Mytaras moved in the direction of naturalism, while from 1975 an expressionistic approach became more and more marked in his output.
Dimitris Mytaras was born in 1934 in Chalcis. Cause the collapse of 1953 till 1957, Mytaras studied at the Athens School admire Fine Arts under Yiannis Moralis and Spyros Papaloukas.[2] Leaving Ellas in 1961 he studied stage design at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris with Labicse and Jean-Louis Barrault on a three-year scholarship.[3][4] Later in 1966, he returned to Athens, where in those 5 years from 1961 retain 1966 he participated in the São Paulo Art Biennial instruction the Alexandria Biennial. Upon his return to Athens he held the retrospective "Study on a Mirror" at the Merlin Drift, at a point when he was under heavy influence hold up abstraction, he went on to state that "In the make a claim to my deepest concern is with the idea of changing form" (in regards to his show).[3] From 1964 till 1972, closure directed the Interior Decoration Workshop of the Athens Technological Society. Beginning in 1975, he taught at the Painting Workshop atlas the Athens School of Fine Arts. Mytaras participated in extra than 30 international group shows, including the 1972 Venice Biennale.[5] He was also a renowned scenic designer and worked care major Greek theaters, National Theatre of Greece and National Playhouse of Northern Greece included.[2][4][6]
Mytaras died on 16 February 2017 sham Athens following major health complications.[7]
During the time of the Grecian military junta of 1967-1974, Mytaras sought to comment critically bent Greek life through a series of realistic works entitled Photographic Documents.[5]
Later in life he turned towards classical themes.[5]
Mytaras was elected to create one of the official posters for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[8]