{"id":52725,"date":"2025-10-02T18:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikastikos-kiklos.com\/?page_id=52725"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:52:29","slug":"zongolopoulos-georgios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ikastikos-kiklos.com\/en\/sculptors\/zongolopoulos-georgios\/","title":{"rendered":"Zongolopoulos Georgios"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"textual-content-hidden-2\" class=\"!text-base post-custom-formatted grid gap-y-5 gap-x-5 sm:grid-cols-2 hidden\">\n<p><strong>Georgios Zongolopoulos<\/strong> (Athens, 1903-2004)<\/p>\n<p>George Zongolopoulos (1903\u20132004) was born in Athens and studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1924\u20131930).<br \/>\nFrom 1930, he worked in the Architectural Department of the Ministry of Education, designing school complexes, churches, and museums, until resigning in 1938 to dedicate himself fully to sculpture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>In 1936, he married the painter Eleni Paschalidou-Zongolopoulou.<\/p>\n<p>Awarded a scholarship by the French government in 1949, he continued his studies in Paris under sculptor Marcel Gimond. By 1952, with a Greek State Scholarship Foundation grant, he specialized in bronze casting techniques in Italy. The following year, he became a member of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Europ\u00e9enne de Culture (European Cultural Society) and served on its Executive Committee from 1960 to 1988.<\/p>\n<p>From the 1970s until the late 1990s, he and Eleni maintained a Parisian studio, actively participating in the city\u2019s art scene<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h5>The \u201ceternal adolescent\u201d\u2026<\/h5>\n<p>Dubbed the \u201ceternal adolescent\u201d for his relentless innovation, Zongolopoulos explored harmony and proportion in his art.<br \/>\nHis works earned international acclaim and are displayed in prominent public spaces across Greece, Europe, and the Americas, as well as in private collections and museums.<\/p>\n<p>He represented Greece 11 times at Biennale exhibitions (1940\u20132001),<br \/>\nparticipated in numerous Panhellenic Exhibitions, and held dozens of solo and group shows worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, he established the non-profit George Zongolopoulos Foundation, bequeathing it his and Eleni\u2019s entire artistic output. He passed away later that year.<\/p>\n<p>Today, their Athens home and studio\u2014where the couple worked for over 60 years\u2014is open to the public and serves as the Foundation\u2019s headquarters, dedicated to preserving, studying, and promoting their legacies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Georgios Zongolopoulos (Athens, 1903-2004) George Zongolopoulos (1903\u20132004) was born in Athens and studied at &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52726,"parent":2906,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-glyptes.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52725","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zongolopoulos Georgios Sculptor | Ikastikos Kiklos Sianti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"George Zongolopoulos (1903\u20132004) was born in Athens and studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1924\u20131930).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ikastikos-kiklos.com\/en\/sculptors\/zongolopoulos-georgios\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zongolopoulos Georgios Sculptor | Ikastikos Kiklos Sianti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"George Zongolopoulos (1903\u20132004) was born in Athens and studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1924\u20131930).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ikastikos-kiklos.com\/en\/sculptors\/zongolopoulos-georgios\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ikastikos Kiklos - 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