Background
Paul Mathiopoulos was born in 1876 in Athens, Greece.
Παύλος Μαθιόπουλος
Paul Mathiopoulos was born in 1876 in Athens, Greece.
Paul Mathiopoulos studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1894 to 1896 under Nikephoros Lytras and continued his studies in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens and Jules Lefebvre.
Paul Mathiopoulos settled in Greece in 1903 and in 1911 was appointed professor of sketching at the School of Fine Arts but resigned a few months later.
In 1915 he was appointed anew and taught until 1949, while in 1946 he became the director of the School. Unfortunately, in 1949 he withdrew from the artistic scene because of an eye disease which did not permit him to exercise his art any longer.
During his career, Mathiopoulos painted symbolic, idealistic and historical subjects, scenes from everyday urban life as well as portraits. He primarily made use of pastels and, to a lesser degree, oil and having mastered impressionistic types, rendered his works with elegance and a tendency to idealize in agreement with the aesthetics of the Belle Epoque.
Mathiopoulos died in 1956, at the age of 80, in Athens, Greece.
Female nude
Lady with a Dog
Lady with a long coat
Nea in a national costume
After the Rain Queen Street Wisdom
Portrait of Woman
Portait of John Polemis
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait noble
Female nude
Mother with daughter
Portrait of a woman
Male nude
Girl with a rose
Female nude
Portrait of a woman
Portrait of Kiki Papastratou
Paulos Melas
Portrait of Sotiris Papastratos
Portrait of a Child
Nude standing
Seated girl
Male nude
Male nude
Portrait of unknown woman
Female nude
Male nude
Vase with roses
Woman with pearls
Greek beauty
Panepistimiou street
Portrait of a seated girl