Giannis Andreadakis was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1928. During his school years he showed interest in drawing and painting. He worked as a cartoonist, and was a long-time contributor to the local newspaper Allagi. Some of his works appeared in the Athenian Press. He exhibited his works for the first time at the Basilica…

Painter and engraver George Manoussakis was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1914. He held his first solo exhibition while still at school, at the Vikelaia Municipal Library of Heraklion in 1932. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1934 – 1939) under Umv. Argyros and Kon. Parthenis. At the same time he attended…

Androgeios Alexandridis, son of painter Antonios Alexandridis and uncle of Alekos Alexandridis, was born in 1886 in Heraklion, Crete. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts from where he graduated in 1911. Following his return to Crete, he was appointed teacher of arts and crafts at a primary school in Chania (1917 –…

Evaggelos Markogiannakis, whose family originated from Lassithi Plateau, was born in 1874 in Heraklion, Crete. He probably was an apprentice to local icon painter Ioannis Hatzis before submitting a file of his works and obtaining a degree from the Athens School of Fine Arts at a mature age (1936). He was commissioned with the most…