Konstantinos Dimitriadis

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The Athens copy of the "Discus thrower" (Discobolus)
Bust of poet Kostis Palamas by Dimitriadis

Konstantinos, Costas or Constantin Dimitriadis (1879 or 1881 - 28 October 1943) was a Bulgarian-Greek sculptor who won a gold medal at the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics for his sculpture Finnish discus thrower.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in 1881[1] or in 1879[3] in Stenimachos (now Asenovgrad) in Bulgaria.

He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts and then went with a scholarship to the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he stayed after his studies. In 1928[1] or 1930[3] he became the director of the Athens School of Fine Arts.[1]

He was elected a member of the Academy of Athens in 1936. His works were exhibited at the Paris Salon and Salon d'Automne and the 1936 Venice Biennale. He died in Athens in 1943.[3]

Works

  • Dilemma (1907)
  • Finnish discus thrower (1924): three copies, including one originally in Central Park, now in Randall’s Island Park[4], and one close to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece
  • To the Defeated of Life (large work in 12 parts)
  • Agia Lavra
  • Liberation of Chios Island
  • The Bacchae
  • The Sceptic
  • The Bathing Woman
  • Muhammad Ali of Egypt on his horse in Kavala, Greece

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sculpture Gold medal" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 14: 27. May 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Konstantinos Dimitriadis". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Dimitriadis Constantinos". National Gallery.
  4. ^ "Discus Thrower". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

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