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VICTORAS IOANNIDES
(1903 - 1984) Born in Limassol, he was a student at the Limassol Gymnasium (1915 -180 and the American Academy in Larnaca (1918-19) He continued his studies at the School of Arts of the Athens Polytechnic (1923-29). His teachers were G. iacovides, Sp. Vikatos and N. Lytras. During his studies he worked as a cartoonist for various greek newspapers and as an illustrator for the Great Hellenic Encyclopedia. In 1930 he returned to Cyprus. He taught Art at the Larnaca Lyceum (1942-48) and the Lanition Gymnasium in Limassol (1948-1966). In 1936 he co-founded the firts advertising and interior decoration workshop in Cyprus «The Atelier», together with George Fasouliotis, with whom he also published the satirical newspaper «To Gelio». He participated in numerous group exhibitions in Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and elsewhere. In 1962 he received first prize in the
Exhibition of Flower Painting in Limassol and in 1984 was awarded the gold
medal of the Limassol Town.
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