Demetrios Nomikos
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Born | 1680 Zakynthos, Greece |
Died | 1750 (1751) Zakynthos, Greece |
Nationality | Greek |
Known for | Iconographer and Goldsmith |
Movement | Heptanese School |
Demetrios Nomikos (Greek: Δημήτριος Νομικός, 1680 – 1750) was a Greek painter, goldsmith, and priest. He shared the same last name with other famous Greek painters. Georgios Nomikos, Demetrios Nomikos and his brother Nicholas Nomikos. He is one of the early representatives of the Heptanese School of painting. He was active during the Greek Baroque and Rococo. He worked with notable Greek painter Antonios Notaras. Konstantinos Kontarinis, Stylianos Stavrakis and Nikolaos Kallergis were active on the same islands around the same period. Nomikos was a master gilder. According to the Institute of Neohellenic Research, five of his works survived. His most notable works are at the Loverdos Museum.[1][2][3]
History
Nomikos was born on the island of Zakynthos. He was a priest. He worked with his brother Nicholas. He eventually became partners with famous painter Antonios Notaras. Historians have archives from 1701-1730. In 1701, he gilded the iconostasis of the church of the Holy Trinity of Gerakari, Zakynthos with his brother Nicholas.[4]
In 1718, he gilded the doors of the church of the Assumption in Machairados, Zakynthos. One year later Demetrios and his brother gilded the iconostasis in the church of Agios Georgios Gerakari, Zakynthos. According to records in 1730, Nomikos entered a partnership with painter and priest Antonios Notaras. Both of the painters were active on the island of Lefkada and elsewhere. Nomikos received sixty percent of the profits. [5]
Notable works
- Epitaphios (liturgical) Seltman Collection, London England
References
- ^ 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. 245–246.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hatzidakis, Nano M. (1998). Icons, the Velimezis Collection: Catalogue Raisonné. Athens, Greece: Museum Benaki. p. 392.
- ^ Hatzidakis, 1997, pp 245-246
- ^ Hatzidakis, 1997, pp 245-246
Bibliography
- Hatzidakis, Manolis (1987). Greek painters after the fall (1450-1830) Volume A. Athens, GR: Center for Modern Greek Studies E.I.E.
- Hatzidakis, Manolis & Drakopoulou, Eugenia (1997). Greek painters after the fall (1450-1830) Volume B. Athens, GR: Center for Modern Greek Studies E.I.E.
- Drakopoulou, Eugenia (2010). Greek painters after the fall (1450-1830) Volume C. Athens, GR: Center for Modern Greek Studies E.I.E.
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- Panagiotis Doxaras
- Nikolaos Doxaras
- Nikolaos Kantounis
- Nikolaos Koutouzis
- Nikolaos Kallergis
- Spyridon Ventouras
- Efstathios Karousos
- The Archangel Michael (Poulakis, 1640–1692)
- Constantine and Helen (I. Moskos, 1665–1721)
- The Fall of Man (Poulakis, 1640–1692))
- The Holy Towel (E. Tzanes, 1659))
- Saint Onuphrius (E. Tzanes, 1662))
- Jacob’s Ladder (E. Moskos, 1664–1666)
- The Miracle of the Holy Belt (Poulakis, 1640–1692))
- Virgin and Child on Bronze (E. Moskos, 1650–1687)
- Noah's Ark (Poulakis, 1660–1692)
- Adoration of the Shepherds (Tzangarolas, 1688–1700)
- Virgin Glykofilousa with the Akathist Hymn (Tzangarolas, 1700)
- The Holy Family (P. Doxaras, 1700)
- Virgin Glykofilousa (Karantinos, 1723)
- Angel Holding the Body of Christ (Kallergis, 1732)
- Vision of Constantine (Stavarkis, 1729–1786)
- Assumption of Mary (N. Doxaras, 1725–1775)
- The Prophet Jonah (Stavrakis, 1750–1800)
- The Deposition from the Cross (Stavrakis, 1729-1786)
- The Holy Trinity (Romas, 1764)
- Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (Karousos, 1780)
- A Scene from the Life of John Chrysostom (Ventouras, 1797)
- Saint Spyridon, John the Baptist, Saint Peter, and Saint George (Koutouzis, 1750–1813)
- Lamentation of Christ (Kantounis, 1790–1834)