The painter and decorator Linda (Amaryllis) Antoniadou-Vakirtzi was born in Nafplio in 1920 and passed away in 2005.
She began her studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Umberto Argyros, Epameinondas Thomopoulos, and Konstantinos Parthenis, graduating with degrees in painting and art education (1939–1944). She pursued further education in Paris at the Académie Julian and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, studied ceramics under Professor Alain Giard in Paris, and jewelry design at the School of Decorative Arts in Geneva. She went on extensive educational travels and studied art across major museums in Italy, Germany, Spain, England, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
For many years, she taught painting, decorative arts, drawing, and art history at the Moraitis School, the Kitsikis School, and the Liveris Prep Schools.
Starting in 1958, she engaged dynamically with jewelry design and fabrication, as well as with miniatures. Jewelry became a central professional focus that earned her major accolades. Her paintings are characterized by their emphasis on the everyday. Familiar, intimate objects are isolated within the space and depicted with the greatest possible economy of means, thus acquiring poetic dimensions.
She showcased her work—primarily her jewelry designs—in solo exhibitions (Athens in 1949 and 1976, and Heraklion) and in various group shows (e.g., the Panhellenic Art Exhibitions of 1948, 1952, 1957, 1963, 1965, 1971, and 1975; exhibitions of the Greek Women’s Artistic Association, the French Institute of Thessaloniki, New York, Brussels, Paris, Vienna, and Munich). She won 1st Prize at the National Jewelry Exhibition in 1964, and was awarded a Medal and an honorary distinction at the Thessaloniki International Fair in 1965.
She was a member of the Greek Women’s Artistic Association, the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, the Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs in Paris, and various other art societies.
Her works are held in the Municipal Galleries of Athens and Ioannina, the Vorres Museum, the Bank of Greece, and other public and private collections.