Maggiorou Loukia (1914 – 2008)
Biography
The printmaker and painter Loukia Maggiorou was born in 1914 in Athens, where she away in 2008. She was married to the printmaker Tassos (Anastasios Alevizos).
She studied painting and printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Konstantinos Parthenis and Giannis Kefallinos (1934–1939). Later, she continued her studies at the copper engraving workshop of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
In 1942, she became one of the founding members of the EAM Artists (National Liberation Front). In fact, during the National Resistance period, along with other resisting artists, she created numerous woodcuts that were used as propaganda material against the occupiers. From 1950 onwards, she turned her focus more towards painting.
She was also a founding member of the “Stathmi” Group in 1949, the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, and the “A. Tassos” Society of Fine Arts in Athens in 1986, where she also served as president.
She presented her work in solo exhibitions in Athens, Elefsina, and Larissa, and participated in group exhibitions both in Greece (e.g., Panhellenic Exhibitions of 1940, 1965, 1967, exhibitions of the “Stathmi” Group, etc.) and abroad (e.g., Košice-1936, Stockholm-1947, Rome-1953).
Her works can be found in the National Gallery, the Municipal Gallery of Athens, the Ionian Bank, and other collections.