Aristomenis Angelopoulos was born in Volos in 1900 and passed away in Paris in 1990. During his school years in Volos, he apprenticed under the painter Ioannis Poulakas. He lived primarily in Alexandria, where he settled in 1916 and studied painting at the studio of D. Litsas, as well as in Khartoum. He furthered his training in painting at academies in Paris (1925–1930) and Munich. From 1955 to 1960, he served as the Director of the Department of Painting at the Khartoum Technical Institute in Sudan. In 1960, he left Sudan to establish permanent residency in Paris, where he met Lilly Masson, daughter of the surrealist painter André Masson; he became both her teacher and her husband. Through her family’s social circle, she shared with him her personal encounters with masters such as Picasso, Braque, and Miró. During the summers, the couple regularly visited Volos, other regions of Greece, and the Mediterranean.
Angelopoulos was essentially a realist painter, focusing primarily on nudes and landscapes. During the 1960s, he engaged extensively with collage, while around 1970, he shifted toward a critical, veristic depiction of the human figure.
He held solo exhibitions in Egypt, Sudan, Athens, Paris, and Antibes. He showcased his work at the Panhellenic Art Exhibitions (1957, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1987), international Biennials (Venice 1951, Alexandria 1952, 1954), and prestigious Parisian salons (e.g., Salon d’Automne 1971, Salon Comparaisons 1964, 1976). In 2007, the Municipality of Volos honored him in his birthplace with a retrospective exhibition of his work.
His artwork is preserved in the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo and the Alexandria Municipal Museum, as well as in private collections throughout Egypt, Sudan, Greece, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, and the USA.