The painter Dimitris Anthis was born in 1925 in Castellani Mesis, Corfu. He lived in Athens from 1950 onwards, where he passed away in 1991.
He took his first artistic steps in Corfu, where he apprenticed under the Greek-French painter of the Montmartre School, Tin Florias (1937–1947). In 1949, he held his first solo exhibition in Corfu. In 1950, the year he settled in Athens, he held his second solo exhibition at the Zappeion Megaron under the auspices of the National Foundation, while also studying philosophy and art history under Giulio Kaimi. He traveled all over Greece, as well as to neighboring countries. He worked as a painting instructor at the Technical and Domestic Economy Schools of the Royal National Foundation (1954–1958).
He was primarily engaged with landscape, seascape, and portrait painting, as well as with religious themes, interpreting Byzantine motifs through a modernist vocabulary.
He held numerous solo exhibitions in Athens, Corfu, Volos, Kalamata, Nicosia, Madrid, Copenhagen, London, and Beaulieu-sur-Mer. He also participated in group exhibitions abroad, including Paris (International Portrait Competition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts 1973, Grand Prix International d’Art Contemporain 1976, 1978, 1979) and Monte Carlo (1972 and 1976).
He was honored with distinctions: in 1955 by King Paul, and in 1964 for his participation in the Exhibition of Heptanesian Artists at the Zappeion Megaron.
His works are located in the National Gallery, various Municipal Galleries in Greece, the Archbishopric of Cyprus, Ministries, Banks, and private collections in Greece, Europe, and the USA.