List of Greek artists

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This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453-1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period (1830-today). Artists working after World War II are considered Contemporary.

Ancient Greece[]

Poets[]

Painters[]

Vase painters[]

Potters[]

Architects[]

Novelists[]

  • Achilles Tatius
  • Antonius Diogenes
  • Chariton
  • Heliodorus of Emesa
  • Iamblichus (novelist)
  • Longus
  • Lucian
  • Xenophon of Ephesus

Actors[]

Dramatists and playwrights[]

Byzantine Greece[]

Poets[]

  • Christopher of Mytilene
  • Michael Glycas
  • John Mauropous
  • Vitsentzos Kornaros
  • Michael Tarchaniota Marullus
  • Paul the Silentiary
  • Manuel Philes
  • George Pisida
  • Michael Psellos
  • John Tzetzes

Painters[]

Architects[]

Writers[]

  • Nicephorus Blemmydes
  • Nicholas Cabasilas
  • Cassianus Bassus
  • Demetrius Chalcondylas
  • Michael Choniates
  • Coluthus
  • Constantine Manasses
  • Constantine VII
  • Cosmas Indicopleustes
  • Eustathius of Thessalonica
  • Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople
  • Hesychius of Miletus
  • Kekaumenos
  • Leontios of Neapolis
  • Leontius (writer)
  • Joannes Laurentius Lydus
  • Mazaris
  • Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople
  • Leontius Pilatus
  • Rhetorius
  • Simeon Seth
  • Theodore Prodromus
  • Theodorus Hyrtacenus
  • Anna Comnena
  • Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
  • Isaac of Nineveh
  • John of Damascus
  • Michael Psellos
  • Procopius
  • Zozimus

Post Byzantine Greece[]

Theater[]

  • Georgios Chortatzis
  • Vitsentzos Kornaros

Music[]

  • Francisco Leontaritis
  • Michele Stratico
  • Konstantinos Agathophron Nikolopoulos
  • Petros Peloponnesios

Painting[]

Italian and Spanish Renaissance Painters[]

Cretan Renaissance Painters[]

Heptanese School Painters[]

Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in Painting[]

Modern Greece[]

Painters[]

Sculptors[]

Film directors[]

Poets[]

  • Aris Alexandrou
  • Manolis Anagnostakis
  • Olga Broumas
  • Demetrios Capetanakis
  • Constantine P. Cavafy
  • Athanasios Christopoulos
  • Nikos Dimou
  • Odysseas Elytis
  • Andreas Embirikos
  • Nikos Engonopoulos
  • Costas Evangelatos
  • Rigas Feraios
  • Nikos Gatsos
  • Demetris Th. Gotsis
  • Sotiris Kakisis
  • Ektor Kaknavatos
  • Andreas Kalvos
  • Iakovos Kambanelis
  • Nikos Karouzos
  • Kostas Karyotakis
  • Nikos Kavvadias
  • Nikos Kazantzakis
  • Antigone Kefala
  • Napoleon Lapathiotis
  • Dimitris Lyacos
  • Jean Moréas
  • Kostis Palamas
  • Alexandros Panagoulis
  • Lefteris Papadopoulos
  • George Pavlopoulos
  • Maria Polydouri
  • Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves
  • Yiannis Ritsos
  • Miltos Sachtouris
  • Giorgos Seferis
  • Angelos Sikelianos
  • Takis Sinopoulos
  • Giannis Skarimpas
  • Dionysios Solomos
  • Alexandros Soutsos
  • Alexis Stamatis
  • Theodore Stephanides
  • Nanos Valaoritis
  • Kostas Varnalis
  • Vassilis Vassilikos
  • Haris Vlavianos
  • Yannis Yfantis

Novelists[]

  • Andreas Karkavitsas
  • Georgios Balanos
  • Penelope Delta
  • Apostolos Doxiadis
  • Vicky Hadjivassiliou
  • Andreas Kalvos
  • Christos Kapralos
  • Nikos Kazantzakis
  • Photios Kontoglou
  • Adamantios Korais
  • Ioannis Kottounios
  • Yannis Makriyannis
  • Menis Koumantareas
  • Alexandros Papadiamantis
  • Zacharias Papantoniou
  • Pythagoras Papastamatiou
  • Ioannis Psycharis
  • Giannis Skarimpas
  • Soti Triantafyllou
  • Vassilis Vassilikos
  • Demetrius Vikelas
  • Alki Zei

Dramatists and playwrights[]

  • Angelos Terzakis
  • Crates (comic poet)
  • Apostolos Doxiadis
  • Nikos Kazantzakis
  • Dimitris Lyacos
  • M. Karagatsis
  • Nicos Nicolaides
  • Dimitris Psathas
  • Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves
  • Giannis Skarimpas

Actors[]

Singers[]

Musicians[]

Ancient period[]

  • Alypius
  • Terpander

Modern period[]

Composers[]

Contemporary Artists[]

Visual Artists (mixed or new media, interdisciplinary, photography, film, performance, other)[]

  • Miltos Manetas
  • Maria Varela
  • Kostis Velonis

Art Historians[]

Art Curators[]

Art Magazines | Journals | websites[]

Nonprofit organisations[]

THE TELOS SOCIETY ARCAthens ARCH Kaktos Project

References[]

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