Artist

Georgiadis Omiros (1912 – 1976)

Biography

The painter and sculptor Omiros Georgiadis was born in Sokia, Asia Minor, in 1912 and passed away in Thessaloniki in 1976. Following the Asia Minor Catastrophe, he settled on the island of Samos with his family. From 1974 onwards, he resided permanently in Thessaloniki. In 1924, he attended classes at the French School ‘Saint Paul’ in Piraeus.

He engaged in both painting and sculpture, working with clay and bronze. His painting can be categorized within the framework of geometric and lyrical abstraction. He created large-scale works using an increasingly abstract formal language, characterized by a unique technique and use of color. His style evolved from an initially surrealist-inspired atmosphere to an exhaustive, microscopic study of the natural environment, depicting cosmological phenomena with primary structures through poetic landscape compositions. Through the rhythmic development of forms, the elegance of colors, and the combination of pictorial values and calligraphic types, he created a poetic space. His work was presented in solo and group exhibitions, including the Panhellenic Exhibitions in Athens, Thessaloniki, and elsewhere.
Retrospective exhibitions were organized at the Vafopoulio Cultural Center in Thessaloniki in 1985 and at the National Gallery of Greece in 1989.

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