Ο Ήρως Αθανάσιος Διάκος το 1821
1912
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
1912
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
This print shows a Greek warrior in a red and blue uniform holding a sword over a fallen Ottoman flag. His pose is dramatic, one foot on the flag’s pole, the other on a dead horse. Theofilos painted this in the early 1900s. He mixed church art with bold, folk-style colors. This hero, Athanasios Diakos, died fighting in 1821. If this style grabs you, check out another work by Theofilos (Hadjimichail) (1870 or 1871 - 1934).
