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Cypriot, b. 1940
Mythological Nude Dancers I, 1991
Mosaic with natural stones laid on marine plywood
in 2 pieces
210 x 360 cm (each piece 210 x 180 cm)
Provenance
Palm Beach Hotel, Larnaca, commissioned artworks in 1991
NOTES
George Kotsonis was born at Paleochori, Cyprus, in 1940. Between 1958 to 1967 he studied at the Saint Martin’s School of Art in London, at the Academy of Fine Arts of Professor Ai-Choun-Sin’s workshop in China, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
Kotsonis' work consists of paintings, mosaics, and prints. He lives and works in Paphos where some of the most important roman mosaics can be found. He extensively studied these mosaics and was influenced by them, making him thus one of the few Cypriot artists who mastered the technique of mosaics. Kotsonis has accomplished some of the most monumental contemporary mosaics like the outstanding mural "The preachery of the Apostles in Paphos", 1986, 300 x 500 cm at the building of the Paphos Holy Bishopric.
The two “Mythological Nude Dancers” mosaics which were commissioned by Palm Beach Hotel, in 1991, are another stunning example of his work in mosaics.
George Kotsonis" work adorns numerous public and private art collections in Cyprus and abroad.
George Kotsonis was born at Paleochori, Cyprus, in 1940. Between 1958 to 1967 he studied at the Saint Martin’s School of Art in London, at the Academy of Fine Arts of Professor Ai-Choun-Sin’s workshop in China, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
Kotsonis' work consists of paintings, mosaics, and prints. He lives and works in Paphos where some of the most important roman mosaics can be found. He extensively studied these mosaics and was influenced by them, making him thus one of the few Cypriot artists who mastered the technique of mosaics. Kotsonis has accomplished some of the most monumental contemporary mosaics like the outstanding mural "The preachery of the Apostles in Paphos", 1986, 300 x 500 cm at the building of the Paphos Holy Bishopric.
The two “Mythological Nude Dancers” mosaics which were commissioned by Palm Beach Hotel, in 1991, are another stunning example of his work in mosaics.
George Kotsonis" work adorns numerous public and private art collections in Cyprus and abroad.
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