5 Euros Yiannis Moralis

Reverse

The design features a portrait of the painter Yannis Moralis at a later age with one of his paintings in the background. In the outer ring of the coin the painters name “YANNIS MORALIS 1916-2009” is inscribed along with the issue year “2016” and a palmette the symbol of the Greek Mint.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΟΡΑΛΗΣ 1916-2009

Translation: YANNIS MORALIS 1916-2009

Engraver: George Stamatopoulos

Edge

Plain

Comment

Yannis Moralis was a leading figure in 20th-century Greek art and a prominent representative of the “Generation of the Thirties”. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, initially attending the Sunday classes of Nikos Nikolaou while still in high school and later with Dimitrios Geraniotis, Konstantinos Parthenis, Oumvertos Argyros, Yannis Kefallinos, etc. as teachers. He spent three years in Paris, where he trained in painting, murals and mosaics. He taught at the Athens School of Fine Arts for 35 years, influencing generations of artists. Apart from paintings, his multifaceted oeuvre also includes engravings, sculpture, murals, ceramics, sets and costumes for theatre productions, book illustrations, and record covers, as well as artwork integrated into architectural design. By successfully combining the classical with the modern, Moralis became one of the prime exponents of “Greek modernism”. However diverse his work may have been, ranging in subject-matter and style from realism to geometric abstraction, it remained fundamentally centered on man and the themes of love and death.

Packaging: Blister pack designed by A. Michelioudaki

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2016	6500	-	-	-	-	-	-

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