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Alekos Fassianos (Greek: 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.




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.




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 (France)
2020: Commander of the Order Arts and Letters (France)




Collection and exhibition history






= Public and private collections

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France

National Centre for Visual Arts (CNAP)
Paris Museum of Modern Art (MAM Paris)
Mobilier National Museum, Paris
Maeght Foundation, 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, Athens
Theocharakis Foundation, Athens
American College of Greece (ACG Art), Athens
Hellenic Olympic Committee, 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, Metsovo
Museum of Contemporary Art Andros, Andros
Municipality of Rhodes Modern Greek Art Museum, Rhodes
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum, Crete
Historical Archive - Museum of Hydra (I.A.M.Y), 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, Skopje, North Macedonia
Museum of history and religion, Saint-Petersburg, Russia




= Solo shows

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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 Loves, 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, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Benaki Museum, Travaux, mythes, Eros, Athens, Greece
2004 National Art Gallery, A. Soutzos Museum, Everyday Mythologies, Athens, Greece
2004 Galerie Grafika Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Tem Sanat Galerisi, Alecos Fassianos, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 Galerie Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
2007 Galerie Potnia Thiron, L'éternel Retour, Athens, Greece
2007 Galerie Schneider, Munich, Germany
2008 Galerie Di Meo, Eroticon, Paris, France
2008 Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2008 Galerie Potnia Thiron, Tout ce qu'il nous reste, Athens, Greece
2009 Galerie Helenbeck, Soft Mythology, Nice, France
2009 Galerie Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
2009 Municipality of Rhodes Modern Greek Art Museum, Fassianos - 45 Years Of Creation, Rhodes, Greece



2010s

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




= Group exhibitions

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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 Artists, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Musée du verre et de ses métiers, Daum - Art, luxury & crystal, Dordives, France
2012 Opera Gallery, A Century of Nudes, 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




References

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• Alekos Fassianos
• Alekos
• Metaxourgeio
• Timeline of art
• Nafpaktos
• Deaths in January 2022
• Rebetiko
• List of Greek artists
• List of Greek painters
• Chryssa