Alekos Fassianos Explained

Alekos Fassianos
Birth Date:	13 December 1935
Birth Place:	Athens, Greece
Nationality:	Greek
Education:	Athens School of Fine Arts, Paris School of Fine Arts
Known For:	Painting, drawing, lithograph
Notable Works:	The Messenger (1981), Adam & Eve (2000)

Alekos Fassianos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αλέκος Φασιανός, 13 December 1935 – 16 January 2022) was a renowned Greek painter. He gained recognition for his distinctive style, which was characterized by immediacy and a deliberate departure from standardized painting techniques.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Life and career

Fassianos was born in Athens but originated from Nafpaktos. After graduating from the Athens School of Fine Arts, he moved to Paris, France, in 1960, to study lithography at the Paris National School of Arts, where he met several artists and writers.

Fassianos used to design the stage decorations for major classic and modern productions. His art has been exhibited in museums and galleries including in Athens, Paris, and throughout Europe, as well as in Tokyo, New York, São Paulo, and Melbourne.

In addition to private collections, his art works can be found in the following museums in France; the Paris Museum of Modern Art; the Maeght Foundation, San Paul de Vence;l, and the Center for Contemporary Art.

Fassianos was very popular in Greece, and some of his works are exhibited in public places: two large murals entitled The Myth of My Neighborhood, can be seen in Athens at the Metaxourgeio metro station. Small sculptures can be seen in front of the Orthodox Church of St. Irene in Athens. A giant vertical mural can be seen in the lobby of the Electra Metropolis Hotel in Athens.

On 13 December 2007, a Fassianos painting titled The Messenger sold for €550,701 at Bonhams in London.

Fassianos died on 16 January 2022, at the age of 86.^[4]

Honours

• 1985: Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (France)
• 19??: Member of the Fine Arts Academy of Athens (Greece)
• 2009: Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts (Russia)
• 2010: Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France)
• 2013: Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour^[5] (France)
• 2020: Commander of the Order Arts and Letters (France)

Collection and exhibition history

Public and private collections

France

• National Centre for Visual Arts (CNAP)
• Paris Museum of Modern Art (MAM Paris)
• Mobilier National^[6] Museum, Paris
• Maeght Foundation,^[7] Saint Paul de Vence
• Villa Tamaris Art Center, La Seyne Sur Mer
• Paul Valéry Museum, Sète
• Center of engraving and printed image, La Louvière
• Museum of Grenoble, Grenoble

Greece and Cyprus

• National Art Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens
• Benaki museum, Athens
• Cycladic Art Museum, Athens
• Frissiras Museum,^[8] Athens
• Theocharakis Foundation,^[9] Athens
• American College of Greece (ACG Art), Athens
• Hellenic Olympic Committee,^[10] Athens
• European Culture Centre of Delphi, Delphi
• Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil, Sparta
• Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA), Thessaloniki
• Averoff Museum,^[11] Metsovo
• Museum of Contemporary Art Andros,^[12] Andros
• Municipality of Rhodes Modern Greek Art Museum, Rhodes
• Nikos Kazantzakis Museum,^[13] Crete
• Historical Archive - Museum of Hydra (I.A.M.Y),^[14] Hydra
• Nicosia Municipal Art Center (NiMAC), Nicosia, Cyprus
• Pierides Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus

Worldwide

• Hellenic Foundation for Culture, New-York, Usa
• Hellenic Foundation for Culture, London, United-Kingdom
• Creator Vesevo, Ercolano, Italy
• Osten Museum of Drawing,^[15] Skopje, North Macedonia
• Museum of history and religion,^[16] Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Solo shows

1990s

• 1991 Galerie Zoumboulakis, Athens, Greece
• 1991 Galerie La Hune - Brenner, Paris, France
• 1992 SAGA, Grand Palais, Galerie La Hunne - Brenner, Paris, France
• 1992 Galerie Grafika Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
• 1992 Galerie Zoumboulakis, Athens, Greece
• 1992 Galerie Origrafica, Malmö, Sweden
• 1993 Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
• 1993 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA), Retrospective, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 1993 Galerie La Hune - Brenner, Paris, France
• 1994 Galerie Origrafica, Malmö, Sweden
• 1995 Galerie La Hune - Brenner, Paris, France
• 1996 Galerie Pudelco, Bonn, Germany
• 1996 Kunstkabinett Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
• 1996 Jaski Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1997 Paul Valery Museum & Nikos Kazantakis Museum (Twinning), Sète, France
• 1997 Galerie Grafika Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
• 1998 European Culture Center of Delphi, Retrospective, Delphi, Greece
• 1998 Galerie Rachlin-Lemarié, Angels and Love

s,^[17] Paris, France

• 1999 Paul Valery Museum, Sète, France
• 1999 NIKAF art fair, Galerie Futura, Tokyo, Japan

2000s

• 2000 Art Miami, Galerie Futura, Miami, Usa
• 2000 Galerie La Hune - Brenner, Paris, France
• 2000 Galerie Rachlin-Lemarié, Daily Mythology, Paris, France
• 2000 Villa Kerylos, Daily Mythology, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
• 2000 Galerie Bixio 2, Milan, Italy
• 2001 Hellenic Foundation for Culture, New York, Usa
• 2001 Château de Chenonceau, Le Mythe à bicyclette, Chenonceau, France
• 2002 Museum of Cycladic Art, The winners, Athens, Greece
• 2003 Hellenic Foundation for Culture, London, United-Kingdom
• 2003 Galerie Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2003 Galerie La Hune - Brenner, Les Travaux Des Dieux, Paris, France
• 2003 Galerie Grafika Tokyo,^[18] Tokyo, Japan
• 2004 Benaki Museum, Travaux, mythes, Eros,^[19] Athens, Greece
• 2004 National Art Gallery, A. Soutzos Museum, Everyday Mythologies,^[20] Athens, Greece
• 2004 Galerie Grafika Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
• 2005 Tem Sanat Galerisi, Alecos Fassianos,^[21] Istanbul, Turkey
• 2005 Galerie Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2007 Galerie Potnia Thiron, L'éternel Retour,^[22] Athens, Greece
• 2007 Galerie Schneider, Munich, Germany
• 2008 Galerie Di Meo, Eroticon,^[23] Paris, France
• 2008 Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
• 2008 Galerie Potnia Thiron, Tout ce qu'il nous reste,^[24] Athens, Greece
• 2009 Galerie Helenbeck, Soft Mythology,^[25] Nice, France
• 2009 Galerie Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2009 Municipality of Rhodes Modern Greek Art Museum, Fassianos - 45 Years Of Creation,^[26] Rhodes, Greece

2010s

• 2010 Galerie Grafika Tokyo, The Aegean Breeze, Tokyo, Japan
• 2010 Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Recovery of happiness,^[27] Paris, France
• 2010 Galerie Thierry Salvador, Memories,^[28] Brussels, Belgium
• 2011 Opera Gallery, Fassianos,^[29] London, United Kingdom
• 2011 Villa Tamaris Art center, Memories,^[30] La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
• 2011 Galerie Herrmann, Fassianos,^[31] Berlin, Germany
• 2011 Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion, Fassianos: Giorgos Economopoulos Collection, Hydra, Grèce
• 2011 Tem Sanat Galerisi, Fassianos,^[32] Istanbul, Turkey
• 2011 Hellenic Museum, Fassianos, Ancient myth - Modern situations^[33] , Melbourne, Australia
• 2012 Galerie Di Meo, Fassianos, The light rediscovered,^[34] Paris, France
• 2012 Galerie Estades, Fassianos,^[35] Lyon, France
• 2012 Abbaye-école de Sorèze, Alecos Fassianos et sa muse Gudrun Von Leitner,^[36] Sorèze, France
• 2012 Grosvenor Gallery, Everyday myths,^[37] London, United Kingdom
• 2014 Galerie Zannettacci, Fassianos,^[38] Geneva, Switzerland
• 2014 Galerie Française - Gérard Schneider, Fassianos, Munich, Germany
• 2014 Espace Paul-et-André-Vera, Fassianos,^[39] Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
• 2015 Kapopoulos Fine Arts, Alekos Fassianos,^[40] Mykonos, Greece
• 2016 Museum of History and religion, Ancient Greek Myths in everyday life,^[41] Saint-Petersburg, Russia
• 2016 Kapopoulos Fine Arts, Apocalypse,^[42] Patmos, Greece
• 2016 Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Fassianos - joie de vivre,^[43] Paris, France
• 2017 Kapopoulos Fine Arts, Alekos Fassianos,^[43] Athens, Greece
• 2018 Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Fassianos,^[44] Paris, France
• 2018 Iris Gallery, Small works, Athens, Greece
• 2018 Historical Archive - Museum of Hydra (I.A.M.Y), Fassianos in France,^[45] Hydra, Greece
• 2019 Galerie Estades, Alecos Fassianos,^[46] Paris, France

Group exhibitions

• 1963 Pantechnicon, San Francisco
• 1965 SWEA, Stockholm
• 1968 Biennale of Menton
• 1982 Palais des Congrès : Europalia with Caras, Christoforou, Gaïtis & Alkis Pierrakos, Brussels, Belgium
• 2000 Kunstkabinett Regensburg, Contemporary Drawings and Sculptures, Regensburg, Germany
• 2009 Opera Gallery, Fassianos - Timur D'Vatz

, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• 2011 Galerie Pascal Polar, The Figurative Art of Greek Arti

sts, Brussels, Belgium

• 2012 Musée du verre et de ses métiers, Daum - Art, luxury & crysta

l, Dordives, France

• 2012 Opera Gallery, A Century of Nud

es, Geneva, Switzerland

• 2013 Villa Tamaris Art Center, Retrospective, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
• 2014 Galerie Morfi, Group exhibition of Cypriot and Greek artists

, Limassol, Cyprus

• 2015 Galerie David Hicks, Fassianos - Oppenheim, Paris, France
• 2016 Opera Gallery, Shades of blue

, Monaco, France

• 2016 Ikastikos Kiklos Sianti Gallery, Small Paintings, Athens, Greece
• 2016 Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Genii Loci - Greek Art From 1930 To The Present, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
• 2017 Manoir du Boulanc, Greeks !, Verderonne, France
• 2017 Kapopoulos Fine Arts, Segui – Fassianos

, Mykonos, Greece

• 2017 Ikastikos Kiklos Sianti Gallery, Small Paintings, Athens, Greece
• 2018 Paul Valéry Museum, Painting and Poetry, Sète, France
• 2018 Moca Skopje, The Greek Collection, Skopje, North Macedonia
• 2018 Maeght Foundation, The Spirit of a Collection : Gifts, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
• 2019 Roma Gallery, Alekos Fassianos - Dimitris Mytaras, Athens, Greece
• 2019 Ikastikos Kiklos Sianti Gallery, A Beach in the City, Athens, Greece
• 2019 Theocharakis Foundation, Alekos Fassianos, Vangelis Chronis – 30 Years of Friendship, Paintings and Poetry, Athens, Greece
• 2020 Galerie Élysée Saint-Honoré, Yves Navarre meets Alekos Fassianos, Paris, France

See also

• Art in modern Greece
• National Gallery of Greece
• Contemporary Greek Art

Notes and References

1. News: Retrospective exhibition on the art of Alekos Fassianos . 27 December 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222145417/http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/civ_%26xml/%26aspKath/civ.asp?fdate=27%2F12%2F2004 . 22 December 2014 .
2. News: Athens shows off its Olympic face. San Francisco Chronicle. 8 August 2004 .
3. News: Cultural Roundup. Southeast European Times . 29 December 2004.
4. Web site: 16 January 2022. Πέθανε ο σπουδαίος ζωγράφος, Αλέκος Φασιανός. 16 January 2022. in.gr. el.
5. Website of the French embassy in Greece: https://gr.ambafrance.org/Alekos-Fassianos-officier-de-la-Legion-d-honneur
6. Web site: Collection du Mobilier national MN/Lab. Collection du Mobilier national MN/Lab. fr-FR. 6 April 2020.
7. Web site: Alekos FASSIANOS, Morceaux choisis - Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght Art Moderne et Contemporain. fondation-maeght.com. 2 April 2020. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807125222/https://www.fondation-maeght.com/fr/collection/morceaux-choisis/80/alekos-fassianos. dead.
8. Web site: Main. frissirasmuseum.com. 2 April 2020.
9. Web site: Ίδρυμα Εικαστικών Τεχνών & Μουσικής Β&Μ Θεοχαράκη. Ίδρυμα Εικαστικών Τεχνών & Μουσικής Β&Μ Θεοχαράκη. el. 2 April 2020.
10. Web site: Το πνεύμα του Ολυμπιονίκη. searchculture.gr. 6 April 2020.
11. Web site: FASIANOS Alekos (1935) "Angel Dressed in White", 1994 – Πινακοθήκη Αβέρωφ. en-US. 2 April 2020.
12. Web site: Arts Visuels - Institut français. ifmapp.institutfrancais.com. 2 April 2020. 14 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190714102410/http://www.ifmapp.institutfrancais.com/arts-visuels#f2_6189. dead.
13. Web site: Nikos Kazantzakis museum. Nikos Kazantzakis museum. en. 2 April 2020.
14. Web site: Αρχική. IAMY. en-US. 2 April 2020.
15. Web site: 2 April 2020 . Alekos Fassianos Artist ArtFacts . ArtFacts . en . ArtFacts.
16. Web site: Государственный музей истории религии > Главная страница. gmir.ru. 2 April 2020.
17. Web site: Alecos Fassianos Centre Pompidou. centrepompidou.fr. fr. 8 April 2020.
18. Web site: Galleria Grafica Tokio. galleriagrafica.com. 2 April 2020. 13 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141013044014/http://www.galleriagrafica.com/en/exhibitions/2010/1003_fassianos.html. dead.
19. Web site: Benaki Museum : VISIT / EXHIBITIONS. oldwww.benaki.gr. 2 April 2020.
20. Web site: Fassianos. Everyday Mythologies. National Gallery of Greece. en. 2 April 2020.
21. Web site: Tem Sanat Galerisi Tem Art Gallery - 2 . 4 . 2020. temartgallery.com. 2 April 2020.
22. Web site: Potnia Thiron Fassianos L'éternel retour. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201230001806/http://www.potniathiron.eu/en/past/89-en/past/786-alecos-fassianos-eternal-comeback-30-05-07-22-06-07 . 30 December 2020 .
23. Web site: FASSIANOS - EROTIKON Galerie Di Meo. dimeo.fr. 2 April 2020.
24. Web site: Potnia Thiron Fassianos. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201230001804/http://www.potniathiron.eu/en/past/89-en/past/782-alecos-fassianos-all-that-we-are-left-with-30-05-08-04-07-08 . 30 December 2020 .
25. Web site: MYTHOLOGIE LEGERE…. Galerie Helenbeck. fr-FR. 2 April 2020.
26. Web site: Fassianos Alecos. 7 March 2019. The Sotiris Felios Collection. en-US. 2 April 2020.
27. Web site: GALERIE PIERRE-ALAIN CHALLIER - Passées : Alecos FASSIANOS. pacea.fr. 26 December 2019.
28. Web site: Alecos FASSIANOS (né en 1935). Müller. Crait +. Crait + Müller. fr. 26 December 2019.
29. Web site: fassianos - fassianos_036. paulh.com. 26 December 2019.
30. Web site: Fassianos Alekos Mémoires. 19 July 2016. Villa Tamaris. fr. 26 December 2019. 26 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226145748/http://www.villatamaris.fr/catalogue/fassianos-alekos-memoires. dead.
31. Web site: Αλέκος Φασιανός - Art Gallery in Germany / Galerie Herrmann. My blog. en-US. 26 December 2019. 26 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226151626/https://www.lajoy.gr/portfolio-item/alekos-fasianos-art-gallery-in-germany-galerie-herrmann/. dead.
32. Web site: Tem Sanat Galerisi Tem Art Gallery - 26 . 12 . 2019. temartgallery.com. 26 December 2019.
33. Web site: Cast Ancient Greek Statues Current Exhibitions Hellenic Museum. hellenicmuseum. en. 26 December 2019. 26 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226152908/https://www.hellenic.org.au/copy-of-cast-ancient-greek-statues. dead.
34. Web site: Exposition Alekos Fassianos, la lumière retrouvée - Galerie di Meo. officiel-galeries-musees.com. 26 December 2019.
35. Web site: Exposition - Alecos Fassianos, un grand peintre grec exposé à la Galerie Michel Estades de Lyon. le-tout-lyon.fr. Le Tout Lyon. 3 March 2012. fr. 26 December 2019.
36. Web site: Abbaye-école de Sorèze (81) - PDF Free Download. docplayer.fr. 2 April 2020.
37. Web site: Fassianos: Everyday Myths 7–21 December 2012. Grosvenor Gallery. en. 26 December 2019.
38. Web site: Actualité - Galerie Sonia Zannettacci. zannettacci.com. 26 December 2019.
39. Web site: Alecos Fassianos à l'espace Vera de St-Germain. actu.fr. fr-FR. 26 December 2019.
40. Web site: Alekos Fassianos. kapopoulosart.gr. en-gb. 26 December 2019.
41. Web site: Where's Choice: The most Interesting Places and Events in St. Petersburg. eng.where.ru. 26 December 2019. 26 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226145749/http://eng.where.ru/spb/event/one/2792. dead.
42. Web site: Solo exhibition Alecos Fassianos "Apocalypse" - Patmos Aktis Suites & Spa. patmosaktis.gr. it-it. 26 December 2019.
43. Web site: Alekos Fasianos. kapopoulosart.gr. en-gb. 26 December 2019.
44. Web site: Sophie Scheidecker: Fassianos. galerie-sophiescheidecker.com. 26 December 2019.
45. Web site: Πλήθος κόσμου παραβρέθηκε το Σάββατο 4 Αυγούστου στις 8.30 το βράδυ στα εγκαίνια της έκθεσης του Αλέκου Φασιανού με τον τίτλο "ο Φασιανός στη Γαλλία", ("Fassianos en France") που πραγματοποιήθηκαν με εξαιρετική επιτυχία στο Ιστορικό Αρχείο Μουσείο Ύδρας.. IAMY. 8 August 2018. IAMY. en-US. 26 December 2019.
46. Web site: Galerie Estades Alecos Fassianos 15 Juin au 21 Juillet 2019. 12 June 2019. Artetcommunication's Blog. fr-FR. 26 December 2019.