Nikiforos Lytras | |
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 Νikiforos Lytras, self-portrait | |
| Born | 1832 Tinos, Greece |
| Died | 13 June 1904 Athens, Greece |
| Education | School of Arts, Athens (1850–60) Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Known for | Painter and faculty member |
| Movement | Orientalist Munich School Genre art |
| Spouse | Irene Kyriakidi |
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek: Νικηφόρος Λύτρας; 1832 – 13 June 1904) was a Greek painter. He was born in Tinos and trained in Athens at the School of Arts. In 1860, he won a scholarship to Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. After completing these studies, he became a professor at the School of Arts in 1866, a position he held for the rest of his life. He remained faithful to the precepts and principles of the Munich School, while paying greatest attention both to ethnographic themes and portraiture. His most famous portrait was of the royal couple, Otto and Amalia, and his most well-known landscape a depiction of the region of Lavrio.