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Greek artist Virgo Vasileiou painting a mural in Paris

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Description

During the dictatorship in Greece (1967-1974), Greek artist Virgo Vasiliou (1925-2001) settled in Paris and worked with restorations of paintings. In this photograph, she is painting a large mural in a Greek restaurant in Paris. She had undertaken the work with her husband, painter Nestor Papanikolopoulos, and it depicted representations of the work of the popular Greek painter Theophilos (ASKI, Virgo Vasileiou Archive)

Creator
Unknown
Source/Rightsholder
ASKI
Rights
Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Created
1970s
Spatial
Paris
Life Story
Virgo Vasileiou (1925 – 2001)
During the dictatorship in Greece (1967-1974), Greek artist Virgo Vasiliou (1925-2001) settled in Paris and worked with restorations of paintings. In this photograph, she is painting a large mural in a Greek restaurant in Paris. She had undertaken the work with her husband, painter Nestor Papanikolopoulos, and it depicted representations of the work of the popular Greek painter Theophilos (ASKI, Virgo Vasileiou Archive)
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