{"id":2831,"date":"2016-05-31T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T06:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ikastikos-kiklos.com\/drougas-ahilleas\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2020-07-03T20:33:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T17:33:24","slug":"drougas-achilleas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ikastikos-kiklos.com\/en\/painters\/drougas-achilleas\/","title":{"rendered":"Drougas Achilleas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;CV&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<header class=\"title-container\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Drougas Achilleas<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"description-container dynamic-content\">\n<p>He was born in 1940 in Piraeus. He <strong>studied printmaking<\/strong> at the Athens School of Fine Arts under K. Grammatopoulos and stage scenography with V. Vassiliadis (1959-64). He <strong>continued his studies in graphic design<\/strong> at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, under Anthony Gross and Bartolomeu Dos Santos (1970-73). A grant from the Ford Foundation enabled him to <strong>attend lithography courses<\/strong> at the Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, U.S.A. (1975-76).&nbsp; <strong>He began his career as a printmaker<\/strong>, with great success, but from 1974 onwards, he turned to painting. <strong>Oil painting became eventually his main expressive medium<\/strong>, as his first two solo exhibitions in Athens indicated (<span class=\"iset_italics\">Zoumboulakis<\/span>&nbsp;gallery, 1974 and 1978).<br \/>\nInitially, he conveyed features of his printmaking style to painting, such as the poetic atmosphere and drawing precision. <strong>Insisting on technique perfection, he is led to a virtuosic figurative painting of photo-realistic style, where symbolisms and surprising illusions, create a unique surreal atmosphere. His themes are often inspired by the art of Renaissance or Baroque, and later by the ancient-greek tradition. There are also pop art influences which enable him to handle his images, either allegorically or ironically, implying a dose of subtle social criticism. His colours are pure, underlining the clarity of the atmosphere and the brightness of the objects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GTcuVAdgJMc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 1982, he created a 45-metre-long mural for the Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel in Athens.<br \/>\n<strong>He has presented many solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad and has participated in numerous group exhibitions and international printmaking festivals in Greece, Europe and the U.S.A.<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1994 a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Pieridis Art Gallery and in 2009, a retrospective exhibition of 140 painting and printmaking works was organized at the Athens National Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;CV&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Drougas Achilleas He was born in 1940 in Piraeus. 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