The painter and engraver Tassos (Anastasios Alevizos) was born in Lefkochora, Messenia, in 1914 and passed away in Athens in 1985.
He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Th. Thomopoulos, O. Argyros, K. Parthenis, and G. Kefallinos.
He focused primarily on printmaking and collaborated with the literary magazine Nea Estia.
He joined the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in 1939 and subsequently participated in the National Resistance, which he served through his art.
He worked for the School Books Publishing Organisation (1948) and the Hellenic Post (ELTA), where he engaged in postage stamp design (1955-1967).
He took part in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad, including the Venice Biennale (1952) and Lugano (1953). In 2024-2025, his work was showcased at the major Teloglion Foundation of Art exhibition titled “Tassos – Sikeliotis: A friendship with common roots”.
During the military dictatorship (1967-1974), he chose to live in exile outside of Greece. Upon his return during the Metapolitefsi (regime change), he became a founding member of the Panhellenic Cultural Movement and served on the Board of Directors of the National Gallery.
He worked almost exclusively with wood, creating initially colored and later black-and-white woodcuts. His work is anthropocentric, usually bearing a strong element of social commentary or protest.