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Bust of Amalia Landerer-Averoff

Bust of Amalia Landerer-Averoff
Bust of Amalia Landerer-Averoff
Artist
Vroutos Georgios
(Athens 1843 - Athens 1908/9)
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Vroutos Georgios
(Athens 1843 - Athens 1908/9)

Georgios Vroutos shaped his art in the spirit of classicism which was brought to the Athens School of Art by the first Bavarian teachers, and extended his knowledge within the climate prevailing in the academies of Paris and Rome, where he continued his studies. He studied sculpture at the School of Arts in the period 1859 - 1864 under Lazaros Fytalis and Ioannis Kossos. After graduation, he went on in 1866 to study at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome under F... Niacarini and A... Tartolini, pupils of the great sculptors Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen, who had a radical influence on the formation of classicist modern Greek sculpture. On his return to Greece, having absorbed the models of a classical training, he worked in the art of funerary monuments, statues, symbolic-allegorical compositions, and busts.

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Υλικό
Bronze
Dimensions
70X48X26
Source
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Description
The Bust of Amalia Landerer-Averoff belongs within the great artistic tradition of portraiture of the age. The wife of Michael Averoff, Amalia Landerer, is shown as a kore in the ancient style, as can be seen from the 'heroicising' manner of the bust. Contrasting with the smooth appearance of the skin, the abundant Hellenistic hair arrangement, which is loosed on to the flowing folds of her tunic, predominates. The work stands out for its technical finish and the meticulous elaboration of the material in the rendering of the details.