The sculptor Lazaros Sochos was born in Tinos in 1862 and passed away in Athens in 1911.
He attended drawing lessons under P. Guillement in Constantinople and subsequently studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts under L. Drosis, and painting under N. Lytras. He continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and worked alongside the sculptor Antonin Mercié.
He fought as a volunteer in the Greco-Turkish War (1897).
He participated in the Paris Exposition Universelle, where he was awarded the gold medal for his monumental statue of Th. Kolokotronis (1900). For the same work, he was also honored by the Academy of Rome.
He succeeded G. Vroutos in the Chair of Sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1908).
His sculptures were presented, among others, at the Olympia Exhibition (1888) and the International Exposition of Rome (1911). At the same time, he collaborated with the Archaeological Service on the restoration of the 4th century B.C. ‘Lion of Chaeronea’ and the conservation of the sculptures of Olympia.
Sochos was artistically active during a transitional period where classical models were harmoniously linked with realism and the new trends originating from Paris, moving between classicism and idealism.