The painter Pavlos Moschidis was born in Kavala in 1927 and passed away in Athens in 2004. He was the brother of the actor Giorgos Moschidis.
He spent his youth in Thessaloniki, where he took his first painting lessons under P. Regkos and worked as his assistant on Holy Church frescoes. He continued his studies in Paris at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the studio of M. Brianchon, at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in the studio of Felix Labisse, and at the mosaic studio of Gino Severini’s École d’Art Italien. Upon returning to Greece, he taught at the Vakalo School of Art and Design in Athens (1960-1971).
His works, primarily nudes and still lifes, are characterized by eroticism, a poetic atmosphere, and a melancholic mood. After 1975, he trained in Tibetan art and turned to Buddhism, applying these teachings to his work.
He presented his work in more than twenty solo exhibitions in Thessaloniki, Athens, Lamia, Larissa, Ioannina, Patras, and Ptolemaida. He also participated in group exhibitions in Greece (e.g., Panhellenics 1960, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Trikala) and abroad (Nicosia, Paris, Dortmund, Chicago, New York).
His works are held in the National Gallery of Greece, the Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, the Municipal Gallery of Larissa, the Municipal Gallery of Heraklion, the National Bank of Greece, the Commercial Bank of Greece, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education, and in private collections in Greece and abroad.