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Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation

Coordinates: 40°37′58″N 22°57′39″E / 40.6327°N 22.9607°E / 40.6327; 22.9607
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Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation
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Established1972
LocationAgiou Dimitriou 159A, 54636 Thessaloniki
TypeArt Museum
Websitewww.teloglion.gr

The Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation[1] (formerly known in English as Teloglion Foundation of Art;[2] Greek: Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών) is an art museum located in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece.

History

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It was established in 1972 and it was named after Nestor and Aliki Telloglou,[3][4] who donated their art collection and their entire property to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[1][5] Following the donation, the university established the foundation in order to house the art collection and make it available to the public. Since December 1999, the foundation has been installed in a modern building at the upper part of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki campus.[4]

Information

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Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation is a non-profit organisation supervised by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and directed by a board of trustees, composed of university's professors from various faculties.Foundation's primary mission is to familiarize the public with art and culture and to support research and studies about arts.[6] Furthermore, the foundation organizes conferences and seminars, supporting in this way the cooperation with other similar institutions in Greece and abroad. Its collection comes from donations of Telloglou and various individuals. It contains numerous artworks mainly of Greek but also and European artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.[3][7][8]

Facilities

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Teloglion is housed in a 6,500 square meter building located at the northern side of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki campus. The site where the building is situated was granded by the Municipality of Thessaloniki.[4]

The exhibition area covers three floors and a total area of 2,500 square meters. It is subdivided into smaller independent areas and a small number of auxiliary rooms. The levels of temperature, relative humidity and light inside the exhibition area are closely and constantly monitored through the use of a state-of-the-art system, which controls the environmental conditions in the whole building.[9]

The foundation also owns a medium-sized amphitheater, which is a fully equipped conventional center, able to host a great variety of cultural and scientific events, such as musical events, seminars, lectures and conferences. The amphitheater holds 230 seats and is equipped with advanced megaphone installations, a control room and three independent translation booths.[10]

Art collection

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Art exhibition in Teloglion (2023)

Nestor's and Aliki's Telloglou donation is the core of the museum's art collection which numbers about 7,000[11][12]–8,000[1] exhibits. The main body of the collection includes works of art by important Greek and European artists of the 19th and 20th century (drawings, prints, oil on canvas, sculptures and so on).[3] It also includes artworks from various civilizations: Hellenistic and Roman pottery, statues, especially from the Hellenistic period, samples of Chinese and Arabic art (dishes, vases, etc.), Persian miniatures and a variety of woodreliefs from Thailand.[13]

Later the collection was enriched with various donations from artists and art lovers such as Tonis and Ioanna Spiteris, Demetrios Tsamis and many more. Thus today the collection of the Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation possesses artworks from the most important Greek artists of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, such as works from Gyzis, Jakobides, Parthenis, Spyropoulos, Engonopoulos, Mytaras and many others.[14][15][16][17]

Notable artists (painters, engravers, sculptors) include the following:

Heptanese School

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Munich School

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Early 20th century & Generation of the '30s

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Modern & Contemporary

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European artists

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  • Internal view 1
    Internal view 1
  • Interior view 2
    Interior view 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The Foundation | Teloglion Foundation of Art A.U.Th". 2021-03-08. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  2. ^ General information
  3. ^ a b c "Museums". Municipality of Thessaloniki. 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ^ a b c "«Ορφάνεψε» το Τελλόγλειο Ιδρυμα". ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ (in Greek). 2008-11-25. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ "TELOGLOU NEST". Municipality of Thessaloniki. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  6. ^ A Description of the Foundation Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ Zoupaniotis, Apostolos (2019-07-08). "Let's go to Thessaloniki this Summer". Greek News. 17 (764).
  8. ^ The foundation's organizational structure as described in its official web page Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ Information about the exhibition area at the official site of the Foundation Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ Information about the amphitheater at the official site of the Foundation Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ "Στο φως θα έρχονται σταδιακά οι θησαυροί του Τελλογλείου". Αρχαιολογία Online (in Greek). 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  12. ^ Καρνής, Λουκάς (2016-12-16). "7.000 θησαυροί του Τελλογλείου Ιδρύματος Τεχνών έρχονται από τη λήθη, στο φως". CNN.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  13. ^ "Αρχαιολογικά" (PDF). Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες (72): 94. September 1999.
  14. ^ The Foundation's page at www.greece-museums.com Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h "H ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ ΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΛΟΓΛΕΙΟΥ ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΕΧΝΩΝ Α.Π.Θ. ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ. Η πρώτη της παρουσίαση". B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  16. ^ a b c d e f Λάγιου, Φιλάνθη (2020-10-08). "Καλαμάτα: Αριστουργήματα ζωγραφικής από το Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών Α.Π.Θ. στο Μέγαρο Χορού". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Κωτσάκη, Δανάη (2016-11-08). "Η πρώτη παρουσίαση της Συλλογής του Τελλογλείου στην Αθήνα". ελculture (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  18. ^ "Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών". 2013-06-28. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  19. ^ team (2020-04-27). "28 Απριλίου. Παγκόσμια ημέρα μνήμης εργατών. Από τις Συλλογές του Τελλογλείου". Τελλόγλειο (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  20. ^ "Ψηφιακή Πλατφόρμα ΙΣΕΤ : Artists - Bekiari Koula". dp.iset.gr. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  21. ^ "Γεωργούση Μαρία (2018 Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου) Ο χαράκτης Κεφαλληνός και το εργαστήριό του: οι αισθητικές και παιδαγωγικές αντιλήψεις του" [The engraver Kefallinos and his workshop: his aesthetic and pedagogical perceptions]. freader.ekt.gr (in Greek). p. 516. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  22. ^ "Λουκάς Βενετούλιας: Ένας ρομαντικός ρεαλιστής". Αρχαιολογία Online (in Greek). 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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