Description
VASILIS VRYONIDES 1883-1958
Vasilis Vryonides is a particularly
interesting case in the history of
contemporary Cypriot art. He is
perhaps the second Cypriot.
to have ever taken painting
lessons at a School of Fine Arts
(second only to poet Vasilis
Michaelides), though he never
completed his studies. His efforts
focused on the study of and
experimentation with the mate-
rials of painting and he never
exhibited or traded his paint-
ings in any way, while he was
alive. Thus, his noteworthy efforts
remained unfortunately unknown
and he never took the place he
deserved among the found-
ing fathers of modern Cypriot
art.
