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‘Greek Picasso’ Alekos Fassianos dies aged 86: family
‘Greekness has at all times been his inspiration,’ his spouse, Mariza Fassianou, advised AFP final yr
Greek artist Alekos Fassianos, whose work drew on his nation’s mythology and folklore, died Sunday on the age of 86, his daughter Viktoria advised AFP.
Described by some admirers as a modern-day Matisse and by others because the Greek Picasso, his works, which included work, lithographs, ceramics and tapestries, have been proven all over the world.
Whereas he resisted comparability with Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, he admired each artists, however insisted he had drawn on many various influences.
Initially printed as ‘Greek Picasso’ Alekos Fassianos dies aged 86: household
