List of Greek artists

This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453-1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period (1830-today). Artists working after World War II are considered Contemporary.

Painters

 * Agatharchus
 * Antiphilus
 * Apelles
 * Apollodorus (painter)
 * Aristides of Thebes
 * Cimon of Cleonae
 * Echion (painter)
 * Euphranor
 * Eupompus
 * Melanthius
 * Panaenus
 * Parrhasius
 * Pausias
 * Polyeidos (poet)
 * Polygnotus
 * Protogenes
 * Theon of Samos
 * Zeuxis

Potters

 * Andokides
 * Brygos
 * Ergoteles
 * Ergotimos
 * Euphronios
 * Euthymides
 * Exekias
 * Exekias
 * Hermogenes
 * Kachrylion
 * Nearchos
 * Nikosthenes
 * Phintias
 * Phrynos
 * Sokles

Architects

 * Apollodorus of Damascus
 * Callimachus (sculptor)
 * Chersiphron
 * Dinocratis
 * Eupalinus
 * Iktinos
 * Kallikrates
 * Metagenes
 * Mnesikles
 * Aeulius Nicon
 * Philon
 * Pythis
 * Satyros
 * Sostratus of Cnidus

Novelists

 * Achilles Tatius
 * Antonius Diogenes
 * Chariton
 * Heliodorus of Emesa
 * Iamblichus (novelist)
 * Longus
 * Lucian
 * Xenophon of Ephesus

Actors

 * Metrobius
 * Thespis

Dramatists and playwrights

 * Achaeus of Eretria
 * Achaeus of Syracuse
 * Aeschylus
 * Agathon
 * Alexander Aetolus
 * Alexis
 * Anaxandrides
 * Antiphanes
 * Aphareus (writer)
 * Apollodorus of Carystus
 * Aristarchus of Tegea
 * Aristophanes
 * Carcinus (writer)
 * Chaeremon
 * Choerilus (tragic poet)
 * Cleophon (poet)
 * Cratinus
 * Diphilus
 * Epicharmus of Kos
 * Eupolis
 * Euripides
 * Hegemon of Thasos
 * Herodas
 * Ion of Chios
 * Iophon
 * Menander
 * Neophron
 * Nicochares
 * Pherecrates
 * Philemon (poet)
 * Phrynichus (comic poet)
 * Phrynichus (tragic poet)
 * Plato (comic poet)
 * Pratinas
 * Rhinthon
 * Sophocles
 * Sositheus
 * Strattis
 * Theodectes
 * Xenocles

Poets

 * Christopher of Mytilene
 * Michael Glycas
 * John Mauropous
 * Vitsentzos Kornaros
 * Michael Tarchaniota Marullus
 * Paul the Silentiary
 * Manuel Philes
 * George Pisida
 * Michael Psellos
 * John Tzetzes

Painters

 * Theodore Apsevdis
 * Michael Astrapas and Eutychios
 * Theophanes the Greek
 * Manuel Panselinos
 * Ioannis Pagomenos
 * Eulalios

Architects

 * Anthemius of Tralles
 * Isidore of Miletus

Writers

 * Nicephorus Blemmydes
 * Nicholas Cabasilas
 * Cassianus Bassus
 * Demetrius Chalcondylas
 * Michael Choniates
 * Coluthus
 * Constantine Manasses
 * Constantine VII
 * Cosmas Indicopleustes
 * Eustathius of Thessalonica
 * Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople
 * Hesychius of Miletus
 * Kekaumenos
 * Leontios of Neapolis
 * Leontius (writer)
 * Joannes Laurentius Lydus
 * Mazaris
 * Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople
 * Leontius Pilatus
 * Rhetorius
 * Simeon Seth
 * Theodore Prodromus
 * Theodorus Hyrtacenus
 * Anna Comnena
 * Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
 * Isaac of Nineveh
 * John of Damascus
 * Michael Psellos
 * Procopius
 * Zozimus

Theater

 * Georgios Chortatzis
 * Vitsentzos Kornaros

Music

 * Francisco Leontaritis
 * Michele Stratico
 * Konstantinos Agathophron Nikolopoulos
 * Petros Peloponnesios

Italian and Spanish Renaissance Painters

 * Marco Basaiti
 * El Greco
 * Ioannis Permeniates
 * Victor
 * Belisario Corenzio
 * Antonio Vassilacchi
 * Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli

Cretan Renaissance Painters

 * Angelos Akotantos
 * Antonios Papadopoulos
 * Andreas Pavias
 * Angelos Pitzamanos
 * Andreas Ritzos
 * Nikolaos Tzafouris
 * Michael Damaskinos
 * Emmanuel Lambardos
 * Emmanuel Tzanfournaris
 * Fragkos Katelanos
 * Ioannis Apakas
 * Georgios Klontzas
 * Markos Bathas
 * Thomas Bathas
 * Onufri
 * Theophanes the Cretan
 * Elias Moskos
 * Ioannis Moskos
 * Leos Moskos
 * Franghias Kavertzas
 * Emmanuel Tzanes
 * Konstantinos Tzanes
 * Victor (iconographer)
 * Dionysius of Fourna

Heptanese School Painters

 * Stephanos Tzangarolas
 * Nikolaos Kallergis
 * Spyridon Sperantzas
 * Spiridione Roma
 * Theodore Poulakis
 * Nikolaos Doxaras
 * Nikolaos Kantounis
 * Nikolaos Koutouzis
 * Gerasimos Pitsamanos
 * Spyridon Ventouras
 * Konstantin Kapıdağlı

Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in Painting

 * Panagiotis Doxaras
 * Christodoulos Kalergis
 * Eustație Altini
 * Ioannis Kornaros

Painters

 * Constantine Andreou
 * Christodoulos Aronis
 * Giorgio de Chirico
 * Alexandros Christofis
 * Tasos Chonias
 * Hermon di Giovanno
 * Electros
 * Nikos Engonopoulos
 * Costas Evangelatos
 * Demetrios Farmakopoulos
 * Alekos Fassianos
 * Demetrios Galanis
 * Katerina Grolliou
 * Nicholaos Gysis
 * Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
 * Theophilos Hatzimihail
 * Georgios Jakobides
 * Christos Kapralos
 * Photios Kontoglou
 * Spyros Koukoulomatis
 * Kourouniotis
 * Marios Loizides
 * Nikiphoros Lytras
 * Yiannis Moralis
 * Theocharis Mores
 * Dimitris Mytaras
 * Nicos Nicolaides
 * Nikos Nikolaou
 * Périclès Pantazis
 * George Papassavas
 * Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki
 * Stass Paraskos
 * Konstantinos Parthenis
 * Yiannis Poulakas
 * Yiannis Psychopedis
 * Penelope Schizodimou
 * Yiannis Spyropoulos
 * Yannis Stavrou
 * Nikos Stratakis
 * Panayiotis Tetsis
 * Epameinondas Thomopoulos
 * Yannis Tsarouchis
 * Alexandros Tzannis
 * Antonio Vassilacchi
 * Spyros Vassiliou
 * Lydia Venieri
 * Konstantinos Volanakis
 * Constantin Xenakis
 * Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos
 * Odysseus Yakoumakis

Sculptors

 * Joannis Avramidis
 * Constantine Andreou
 * Chryssa
 * Kostas Dikefalos
 * Aggelika Korovessi
 * Jannis Kounellis
 * Memos Makris
 * Thodoros Papadimitriou
 * Thodoros Papayiannis
 * Nikolaos Pavlopoulos
 * Pavlos Prosalentis
 * Kyriakos Rokos
 * Takis
 * Vassilis Vassili
 * Electros (also known as Babis Vekris)
 * Lydia Venieri
 * Constantin Xenakis
 * Iannis Xenakis

Film directors

 * Kostas Andritsos
 * Theo Angelopoulos
 * Michael Cacoyannis
 * George Pan Cosmatos
 * Costa Gavras
 * Iakovos Kambanelis
 * Giorgos Konstadinou
 * Nikos Koundouros
 * Manakis brothers
 * Nico Mastorakis
 * Laura Neri
 * Dimitris Papamichael
 * Nikos Papatakis
 * Pavlos Tassios
 * Vassilis Photopoulos
 * Yannis Smaragdis
 * George Tzavellas
 * Agnès Varda
 * Dimitris Voyatzis

Poets

 * Aris Alexandrou
 * Manolis Anagnostakis
 * Olga Broumas
 * Demetrios Capetanakis
 * Constantine P. Cavafy
 * Athanasios Christopoulos
 * Nikos Dimou
 * Odysseas Elytis
 * Andreas Embirikos
 * Nikos Engonopoulos
 * Costas Evangelatos
 * Rigas Feraios
 * Nikos Gatsos
 * Demetris Th. Gotsis
 * Sotiris Kakisis
 * Ektor Kaknavatos
 * Andreas Kalvos
 * Iakovos Kambanelis
 * Nikos Karouzos
 * Kostas Karyotakis
 * Nikos Kavvadias
 * Nikos Kazantzakis
 * Antigone Kefala
 * Napoleon Lapathiotis
 * Dimitris Lyacos
 * Jean Moréas
 * Kostis Palamas
 * Alexandros Panagoulis
 * Lefteris Papadopoulos
 * George Pavlopoulos
 * Maria Polydouri
 * Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves
 * Yiannis Ritsos
 * Miltos Sachtouris
 * Giorgos Seferis
 * Angelos Sikelianos
 * Takis Sinopoulos
 * Giannis Skarimpas
 * Dionysios Solomos
 * Alexandros Soutsos
 * Alexis Stamatis
 * Theodore Stephanides
 * Nanos Valaoritis
 * Kostas Varnalis
 * Vassilis Vassilikos
 * Haris Vlavianos
 * Yannis Yfantis

Novelists

 * Andreas Karkavitsas
 * Georgios Balanos
 * Penelope Delta
 * Apostolos Doxiadis
 * Vicky Hadjivassiliou
 * Andreas Kalvos
 * Christos Kapralos
 * Nikos Kazantzakis
 * Photios Kontoglou
 * Adamantios Korais
 * Ioannis Kottounios
 * Yannis Makriyannis
 * Menis Koumantareas
 * Alexandros Papadiamantis
 * Zacharias Papantoniou
 * Pythagoras Papastamatiou
 * Ioannis Psycharis
 * Giannis Skarimpas
 * Soti Triantafyllou
 * Vassilis Vassilikos
 * Demetrius Vikelas
 * Alki Zei

Dramatists and playwrights

 * Angelos Terzakis
 * Crates (comic poet)
 * Apostolos Doxiadis
 * Nikos Kazantzakis
 * Dimitris Lyacos
 * M. Karagatsis
 * Nicos Nicolaides
 * Dimitris Psathas
 * Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves
 * Giannis Skarimpas

Ancient period

 * Alypius
 * Terpander

Modern period

 * Rita Abatzi
 * Maurice Abravanel
 * Art Alexakis
 * Louis Demetrius Alvanis
 * Costas Andreou
 * Theodore Antoniou
 * Grigoris Asikis
 * Nikolas Asimos
 * Gina Bachauer
 * Arion
 * Yiorgos Batis
 * Grigoris Bithikotsis
 * Miltiades Caridis
 * Pavlos Carrer
 * Petros Christo
 * Nikos Christodoulou
 * Jani Christou
 * Christos Dantis
 * Dionysios Demetis
 * Odysseas Dimitriadis
 * Marina Diamandis
 * Dimitris Dragatakis
 * Antiochos Evangelatos
 * Sarah P.
 * Kostas Exarhakis
 * Yorgos Foudoulis
 * Alexander Frey
 * Gus G.
 * Katy Garbi
 * Michalis Genitsaris
 * Christos Govetas
 * Manos Hadjidakis
 * Alkinoos Ioannidis
 * Sotiris Kakisis
 * George Kallis
 * Manolis Kalomiris
 * Iakovos Kambanelis
 * Alex Kapranos
 * Eleni Karaindrou
 * Herbert von Karajan
 * Nikos Karvelas
 * Antonios Katinaris
 * Bob Katsionis
 * Leonidas Kavakos
 * Stelios Kazantzidis
 * Areti Ketime
 * Panayiotis Kokoras
 * Iakovos Kolanian
 * Stavros Koujioumtzis
 * Akis Katsoupakis
 * Rena Kyriakou
 * Andreas Lagios
 * Alexandre Lagoya
 * Tim Lambesis
 * Leo Leandros
 * Manos Loizos
 * Andreas Makris
 * Sokratis Malamas
 * Ilan Manouach
 * Nikolaos Mantzaros
 * Giannis Markopoulos
 * Kostas Martakis
 * Alex Martinez
 * Thanos Mikroutsikos
 * Dimitris Mitropoulos
 * Kostas Mountakis
 * Georges Moustaki
 * Orianthi Panagaris
 * Tzimis Panousis
 * Lefteris Papadimitriou
 * Lefteris Papadopoulos
 * Thanassis Papakonstantinou
 * Elena Paparizou
 * Apostolos Paraskevas
 * Stelios Perpiniadis
 * Phivos
 * Sadahzinia
 * Sakis Rouvas
 * Spyros Samaras
 * Dionysis Savvopoulos
 * Kyriakos Sfetsas
 * Dimitris Sgouros
 * Pavlos Sidiropoulos
 * Nikos Skalkottas
 * Kostas Skarvelis
 * Camille-Marie Stamaty
 * Giorgos Theofanous
 * Marios Tokas
 * Sakis Tolis
 * Michalis Travlos
 * Tatiana Troyanos
 * Iovan Tsaous
 * Vassilis Tsitsanis
 * Markos Vamvakaris
 * Despina Vandi
 * Vangelis
 * Marios Varvoglis
 * Anna Vissi
 * Haris Xanthoudakis
 * Stavros Xarhakos
 * Iannis Xenakis
 * Nikos Xilouris
 * Nikos Xydakis
 * Spyridon Xyndas
 * Mirka Yemendzakis
 * Yanni
 * Savvas Ysatis

Visual Artists (mixed or new media, interdisciplinary, photography, film, performance, other)

 * Loukia Alavanou
 * Andreas Angelidakis
 * Manolis Anastasakos
 * Aggelos Antonopoulos
 * Nikos Arvanitis
 * Bill Balaskas
 * Kostas Bassanos
 * Pantelis Chandris
 * Nikos Charalambidis
 * Dionisis Christofilogiannis
 * Anastasia Douka
 * Dora Economou
 * Eirene Efstathiou
 * Stelios Faitakis
 * Alexandros Georgiou
 * Marina Gioti
 * Maria Glyka
 * Guerrilla Optimists
 * Effie Halivopoulou
 * Zoe Hatziyannaki
 * Dionisis Kavallieratos
 * Giorgos Kazazis
 * Panos Kokkinias
 * Georgia Kotretsos
 * Marinos Koutsomichalis
 * Maria Loizidou
 * Andreas Lolis
 * Dimitrios Skalkotos
 * Panos Kokkinias
 * Miltos Manetas
 * Lena Mitsolidou
 * Nina Papaconstantinou
 * Agelos Papadimitriou
 * Maria Papadimitriou
 * Nikos Papadimitriou
 * Ilias Papailiakis
 * Nina Pappa
 * Antonis Pittas
 * Poka-Yo
 * Afroditi Psarra
 * Madalina Psoma
 * Thalia Raftopoulou
 * Georgia Sagri
 * Kostis Stafylakis
 * Eva Stefani
 * Stefania Strouza
 * Penelope Schizodimou
 * Lina Theodorou
 * Panos Tsagaris
 * Giorgos Tserionis
 * Kostas Tsolis
 * Maria Varela
 * George-Maran Varthalitis
 * Alexandros Vasmoulakis
 * Kostis Velonis
 * Vaggelis Vlachos
 * Vassilis Vlastaras
 * Zafos Xagoraris
 * Myrto Xanthopoulou
 * Yorgos Zois

Art Historians

 * Manolis Hatzidakis

Art Curators

 * Dimitios Spyrou
 * Evita Tsokanta
 * Elpida Karaba
 * Iliana Fokianaki
 * Maya Tounta
 * Kika Kyriakakou
 * Ioanna Gerakidi

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