Georgios Jakobides

greece, painter, national gallery, genre art, children

Born Jan 11, 1853

Athens, Greece

Passed Away Jan 30, 1932 Athens, Greece

Lifespan 79 years old

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"Light reveals the purest innocence when it touches the laughter of a child."

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Distinguished Greek painter of the Munich School, master of domestic genre scenes and first Director of the National Gallery of Greece.

Biographical Record

Georgios Jakobides was a master Greek academic painter renowned for his charming, luminously lit depictions of children and family domesticity.

Trained at the Munich Academy, Jakobides achieved prominent European success before King George I persuaded him in 1900 to return to Athens to organize and direct the newly established National Gallery of Greece.

His celebrated canvases, including 'First Steps' and 'Grandfather's New Pipe', captured the innocence of childhood with extraordinary technical delicacy and radiant light.

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Final Resting Place

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First Cemetery of Athens
Athens, Greece

                         GPS: 37.9628, 23.7381                    

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