Spyridon Sperantzas | |
|---|---|
 Saint Lucy | |
| Born | 1733 Corfu, Greece |
| Died | 1818 Trieste, Italy |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Movement | Heptanese School Neoclassicism Greek Romanticism |
| Spouse | Diamantina |
| Children | Michael Sperantzas |
Spyridon Sperantzas (Greek: Σπυρίδων Σπεράντζας, 1733 – 1818) was a Greek painter. He flourished during the Greek Neoclassical era and the Modern Greek Enlightenment in art also known as Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos. Because of the Fall of the Republic of Venice, Sperantzas brought the Heptanese School into the Greek Romantic period. By the 1800s the Ionian Islands were occupied by both French and English forces and for the first time since the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the local Greeks governed themselves. Sperantzas, Nikolaos Kantounis, and Nikolaos Koutouzis represent the transition in painting that defined Modern Greek art. Sperantzas was influenced by Nikolaos Kallergis, Nikolaos Doxaras, and Nikolaos Koutouzis. His son Michael Sperantzas was also a famous painter and his apprentice. Spyridon also painted frescos.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ Eugenia Drakopoulou (August 7, 2021). "Sperantzas (Sperantsas) Spyridon". Institute for Neohellenic Research. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Hatzidakis, Manolis & Drakopoulou, Eugenia (1997). Greek painters after the fall (1450-1830) Volume B. Athens, GR: Center for Modern Greek Studies E.I.E. pp. 369–370.
- ^ Georgopoulou Verra, Myrto (1999). Holy Passion, Sacred Images, The Interaction of Byzantine and Western Art in Icon Painting. Athens, Greece: S.U.N.Y. The University of Binghamton. p. 33. ISBN 9789602142578.
- ^ Schmuck, Hilmar (2011). Greek Biographical Index Volume 1. Munich: K.G. Saur Munchen. pp. 383, 43. ISBN 9783110950021.