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[[George Zongolopoulos]] ([[1903]]-[[2004]]) was a sculptor. [[George Zongolopoulos]] was never interested in publicity. His sole concern during his long and productive life was to be able to create on his own terms. He was still making sculptures at the age of 90.

Zongolopoulos was particularly concerned that his sculptures should co-exist harmoniously with their environment so he frequently collaborated with architects. In the last period of his work, since 1972 the element of motion has remained a fundamental feature of a number of his compositions along with the additional water and sound. His basic sculpting material is stainless metal in a variety of forms combined with objects such as lenses, umbrellas, pipes and rods.

==His Life==
He was born in [[Athens]] in [[1903]]. He studied sculpture in the Athens school of Fine Arts with T. Thomopoulos as his teacher (1924-1930). In [[1937]] he traveled to Paris where he studied and familiarized himself with the work of Ch. Despiau. He studied works of Romanesque, Gothic and contemporary sculpture.

Between [[1926]] and [[1927]], he worked in the Department of Restoration of Ancient and Byzantine Monuments for the Ministry of Education. Nevertheless, his interest was not restricted to sculpture. On the contrary, he also engaged in painting and architecture. He worked in the Architectural Department of the Ministry of Education from [[1930]] to [[1940]]. In that period he designed and built school buildings and churches. In that same period he met and later on married ([[1936]]) the painter [[Eleni Paschalidou]].

In the years [[1949]] and [[1950]] he worked in the atelier of the sculptor Marcel Gimond in Paris with a scholarship granted by the French Government.

From [[1952]] to [[1953]], after having been granted a scholarship by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, he went to Italy where he studied bronze-casting techniques(Fonderia Nicci, Rome and Fonderia Domeniccini, Pistoia). He studied the sculpture of the renaissance in Florence and Padova, as well as the work of Michelangelo, Pisano, Donatello, Manzoni, Manzu, Marini, Pomodoro and the Etruscan Art.

He has been an active member of such groups as 'Techni', the Union of Free Artists, the Association of Free Artists, the Association of Greek Artists, 'Stathmi', 'Tomi' and the Group for Communication and Education in Art and has taken part in their exhibitions and meetings.

Zongolopoulos creatively followed all the artistic transformations of the 20th century. He became acquainted with the prominent artists and architects of his time and contributed to the creation of a dialogue on art. He was extremely interested in the location of his sculptures and their interaction with their surroundings and once claimed, “You are dead when you give in to the established sense of aesthetics and the lack of difference.”

In February 2004 the sculptor established the public welfare [[George Zongolopoulos Foundation]] located in his home-atelier. He died on [[May 11|11th May]] of the same year.

==His Works==
In [[1936]] his works appeared for the first time in a gallery in Athens. Since then he has held a considerable number of solo exhibitions, participated in group exhibitions and received several distinctions not only in Greece but all over the world. He has had many award winning competition entries and commissions.

Many of his works belong to private collections and Foundations in Greece and all over the world or adorn public places, buildings and squares. Some of his most noted works in public places in Greece are:
* the Monument to the Heroines of Zalongos (1954-1960)
* the Monument to the Fallen in the Municipality of Nikaia, (1955)
* the Cor-ten sculpture outside the International Fair Grounds in Thessaloniki (1966)
* the Monument to the Cypriot student Kyriakos Matsis in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1967)
* 'Diaphragm' Ethniki Asfalistiki Building (1973)
* 'Olive tree', Alpha Bank in N. Psychiko (1974)
* 'Buckler', European Cultural Center, Delphi (1989)
* 'Umbrellas' (1997), Thessaloniki seafront
* 'Umbrellas' (1998), Kifissias Avenue, Municipality of N.Psychico, 'Atrium' (1999)
* Syntagma Square metro station, 'Omonia', Omonia Square, (2001)
* 'Olympic Rings', Athens International Airport (2001)
* 'Column', Athens metro Evangelismos(2001).

Works of his can be found in many Greek foreign collections, such as:
* Philippe Lambert Bank, Brussels
* Charles Fleishmann, Cincinnati USA
* The Council House, S.C. Johnson & Son, Racine, Wisconsin USA
* Manning Colin, Maspeth N.Y. USA
* Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
* Fernand Lucien Mueller, Geneva
* Chamberlain Foundation, Manchester, UK

==Career==
[[George Zongolopoulos]] represented Greece at the Venice Biennale (1940, 1956, 1964, 1993, 1995), the Sao Paolo Biennale, (1957) and the Cairo Biennale (1946). He also participated in Europalia, Brussels (1982), the Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, in Rodin Museum, Paris (1963), in the Salon de la jeune sculpture in Paris 1968-1975, the exhibitions Grand et jeunes d’aujourd’hui, Paris 1979 -1988 and 1990, Salon de Comparaisons, Paris 1986, Art Athina, 1993 and 1996, the International Sculpture Exhibition in Collioure, France in 1988, in 'Memories- Regenerations-Quests', National Art Gallery, Athens, 1985 and many more.

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 In [[1936]] his works appeared for the first time in a gallery in Athens. Since then he has held a considerable number of solo exhibitions, participated in group exhibitions and received several distinctions not only in Greece but all over the world. He has had many award winning competition entries and commissions.

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 Many of his works belong to private collections and Foundations in Greece and all over the world or adorn public places, buildings and squares. Some of his most noted works in public places in Greece are:
-* the Monument to the Heroines of Zalongos (1954-1960)
+* the Monument to the Heroines of Zalongos ([[1954]]-[[1960]])
-* the Monument to the Fallen in the Municipality of Nikaia, (1955)
+* the Monument to the Fallen in the Municipality of [[Nikaia]], ([[1955]])
-* the Cor-ten sculpture outside the International Fair Grounds in Thessaloniki (1966)
+* the Cor-ten sculpture outside the International Fair Grounds in [[Thessaloniki]] ([[1966]])
-* the Monument to the Cypriot student Kyriakos Matsis in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1967)
+* the Monument to the [[Cypriot]] student [[Kyriakos Matsis]] in the [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]] ([[1967]])
-* 'Diaphragm' Ethniki Asfalistiki Building (1973)
+* 'Diaphragm' Ethniki Asfalistiki Building ([[1973]])
-* 'Olive tree', Alpha Bank in N. Psychiko (1974)
+* 'Olive tree', Alpha Bank in N. Psychiko ([[1974]])
-* 'Buckler', European Cultural Center, Delphi (1989)
+* 'Buckler', European Cultural Center, [[Delphi]] ([[1989]])
-* 'Umbrellas' (1997), Thessaloniki seafront
+* 'Umbrellas' ([[1997]]), [[Thessaloniki]] seafront
-* 'Umbrellas' (1998), Kifissias Avenue, Municipality of N.Psychico, 'Atrium' (1999)
+* 'Umbrellas' ([[1998]]), [[Kifissias Avenue]], Municipality of N.Psychico, 'Atrium' ([[1999]])
-* Syntagma Square metro station, 'Omonia', Omonia Square, (2001)
+* Syntagma Square metro station, 'Omonia', [[Omonia Square]], ([[2001]])
 * 'Olympic Rings', Athens International Airport (2001)
 * 'Column', Athens metro Evangelismos(2001).

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 ==His Works==
 In [[1936]] his works appeared for the first time in a gallery in Athens. Since then he has held a considerable number of solo exhibitions, participated in group exhibitions and received several distinctions not only in Greece but all over the world. He has had many award winning competition entries and commissions.
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 * Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
 * Fernand Lucien Mueller, Geneva
 * Chamberlain Foundation, Manchester, UK
 ==Career==

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 Zongolopoulos creatively followed all the artistic transformations of the 20th century. He became acquainted with the prominent artists and architects of his time and contributed to the creation of a dialogue on art. He was extremely interested in the location of his sculptures and their interaction with their surroundings and once claimed, “You are dead when you give in to the established sense of aesthetics and the lack of difference.”
 In February 2004 the sculptor established the public welfare [[George Zongolopoulos Foundation]] located in his home-atelier. He died on [[May 11|11th May]] of the same year.
 ==His Works==