Vasilis Zenetzis

Who is Vasilis Zenetzis?

Vasilis Zenetzis is a modern Greek painter. Born in Alikarnassos, Heraklion, Crete in 1935.

He painted seascapes, landscapes by a style he invented and named quadrature.

He has presented his work in solo exhibitions: "Parnassus" 1977, Heraklion 1980, "Caravel" 1980 etc. His paintings were sold in major exhibitions of the world as in Sotheby's, Christie's in London

Today he lives and works in Athens.

He is a member of EETE.

Zenetzis began his artistic education at the age of fifteen at the Colourist School of Crete and by the age of seventeen he had his first solo exhibition at the Theotokopoulos Exhibition Rooms in Heraklion, Crete. His talent, was recognised at an early age, which helped his professional career in art once he arrived and settled in Athens after 1974.

Zenetzis became a respected and appreciated Athenian artist in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Such was his popularity that he could not cope with the enormous demand. However, such success brought with it problems of integrity in his art and his production and by 1985 he was neglected and shied away by investors and collectors.