FRAGMENTS FROM THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE PAINTER NIKOLAOS KOUNELAKIS (1827-1869)
Abstract
New facts about the painter Nikolaos Kounelakis are revealed and com¬mented in this article, drawn mainly from Italian archives and libraries, in an attempt to reconstruct the artist’s life and activities. Kounelakis was born in Odessa, a son of Cretan fugitives. At the age of 12 he was sent to St. Petersburg in order to study painting. In 1853 he travelled to Italy, at first in Rome and then in Florence where he settled. There, he developed relations with a broad circle of painters and scholars, having some success in his profession. After his wife’s death, himself suffering from tuberculosis, he went to Egypt. At first, sometime between the years 1867-1868 and again in 1869, where he died. His last wish was that some of his works would be sent as a gift to Athens, a wish that was fulfilled by his mother in law Euphemia Kabani, assisted by Niccolò Tommaseo, scholar and philhellene.
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IOANNOU, P. (2024). FRAGMENTS FROM THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE PAINTER NIKOLAOS KOUNELAKIS (1827-1869). Mnimon, 37, 45–70. Retrieved from https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/mnimon/article/view/36771
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