Lefteris Valakas
Sculpture, Visual Artist
1944 – 1982
Who was Lefteris Valakas?
Lefteris Valakas was a Greek sculptor. He was born in the village of Pyrgos on Tinos island in Greece. Valakas after concluding his basic education in Pyrgos, enrolled in the School of Fine Arts of Pyrgos. After graduating, he continued his studies in the respective school of Athens, Athens School of Fine Arts, for two years. After receiving scholarship by the Evangelistria Institution of Tinos, he concluded the studies in sculpture in the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Valakas had made many works across Greece and during the last years of his life, he worked in the reconstruction works of Acropolis of Athens.
He was married to Andromachi Karali and had three children Antonis, and the twins Costas and Nassos. Lefteris Valakas died unexpectedly on Tinos at the age of 38.
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- Born
- May 8, 1944
Greece - Nationality
- Greece
- Education
- Athens School of Fine Arts
- Lived in
- Myrtos Pyrgos
- Died
- Nov 8, 1982
Tinos
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on July 23, 2013
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