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Nikolaos Gyzis

1842 - 1901

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Nikolaos Gyzis (Greek: Νικόλαος Γύζης [niˈko.la.os ˈʝi.zis]; German: Nikolaus Gysis; 1 March 1842 – 4 January 1901) is considered one of Greece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting. It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonhams in London, being last exhibited in Greece in 1928. He was the major representative of the Munich School, the major 19th-century Greek art movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaos Gyzis is the 593rd most popular painter (up from 606th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Greece (down from 344th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 593 out of 2,023. Before him are Théophile Steinlen, Edward Steichen, Nadežda Petrović, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Pierre Alechinsky, and Nicolaes Maes. After him are Constant Troyon, Agostino Tassi, Moïse Kisling, Giuseppe Cesari, Jan van Kessel the Elder, and Pierre Auguste Cot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 34. Before him are Johannes Zukertort, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Giovanni Boldini, Mykola Lysenko, Charles W. Alcock, and Alphonse Borrelly. After him are Ōyama Iwao, Gaston, Count of Eu, Vilhelm Thomsen, Hugo Schuchardt, François Coppée, and Rikard Nordraak. Among people deceased in 1901, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 26. Before him are Gaetano Bresci, Francesco Crispi, Elisha Gray, Josef Rheinberger, Zénobe Gramme, and Paul Rée. After him are Frederic W. H. Myers, François-Marie Raoult, Shō Tai, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Jacob Georg Agardh.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 348 out of 1,024. Before him are Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), Peucestas (-390), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), and Dinocrates (-400). After him are Conon (-401), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Michael Glykas (1125), Callimachus (-600), Diagoras of Melos (-450), and Zoilus (-400).

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Among PAINTERS In Greece

Among painters born in Greece, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 3. Before him are El Greco (1541), and Giorgio de Chirico (1888). After him are Jannis Kounellis (1936), Agatharchus (-500), Achilles Painter (-470), Timarete (-420), Apollodorus (-500), Douris (-600), Euphranor (-301), Pamphilus (-390), and Yannis Tsarouchis (1910).

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