The house of Yannoulis Chalepas…

Greek Van Gogh Wearing his done up shirt, a vest and a jacket. Perfectionist and relentless. He loves flowers,gives names to the sheep and he draws his sketches in the coffee houses of Pyrgos. At 25 he creates “the sleeping female figure”, at 60 he was sent on errands in the village and he was
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The Tinian marble craftsmen of today

“and I will bring a Tinian craftsman at your door steps”, Giorgos Zabetas, the Greek popular music singer was singing, depicting a reality which connects the Tinian people to the art of marble. However, the Tinians are not simple, skilled craftsmen of stone, they are artists, creators! And this is sealed by their ancestors work

Praxitelis Tzanoulinos : Sculptural Practice

The Tinian sculptor Praxitelis Tzanoulinos does not believe that much in inspiration but in hard work. In the center of his art are the stone and marble, earthy materials with strength and soul, just like his artworks. Praxitelis Tzanoulinos What does Tinos mean to you? Roots-childhood in Falatados village; the birthplace with deep experiences which

Marble sculptors, chisel craftsmen

If the predecessors created a “school” in the art of marble, the new generation of Tinian marble sculptors create history. Exo Meria in Tinos has been the starting point of a great artistic tradition based mainly on marble. The “activity” of the Tinian marble sculptors began in the end of the 18th century, in reconstruction