Saturday, 2nd April 2022 – A unique project was realized by the visual artist Kostas Michos at Verita International School, an exemplary British school. The artist created 96 portraits of figures from the domains of Sports, Culture, Science, Literature, and Arts, primarily from the 18th & 19th centuries, spanning over 20 countries, in the form of sketches – mainly using ink on paper and charcoal. The artworks, grouped into 6 Plexiglas panels, adorn the main entrance of the school, directly contributing to the educational process.
Verita International School was established in 2008 in Glyfada, Athens. The school is an English-speaking, international educational institution following the National Curriculum of England from Kindergarten to Secondary Education. For more information, please visit the website veritaschool.gr.
First Panel:
1. Indira Gandhi ( 1917- 1984). Stateswoman. India.
2. Avetis Aharonian ( 1866-1948). Politician, writer. Armenia
3. Wislawa Anna Szymborska (1923-2012). Poet. Poland
4. Kostandin Nelko Christoforides (1827-1895). Translator, scholar. Albania
5. Edmond About (1828- 1885). Novelist, publicist, journalist, writer. France
6. Xiao Hong (1911-1942). Writer. China
7. Jozsef Attila (1905-1937). Poet. Hungary
8. Terry Fox ( 1958- 1981). Athlete, humanitarian, cancer research activist. Canada
9. Luigi Pirandello ( 1867-1936). Dramatist, novelist, poet. Italy
10. Mikhail Bulgagov ( 1891- 1940). Writer. Ucraina
11. Stefan Zweig ( 1881- 1942). Novelist, playwright, journalist, biographer. Austria
12. Eliezer Ben Yehuda (1858-1922). Lexicographer and newspaper editor. Israel
13. Mihailo Petrovic ( 1868-1943). Mathematician and inventor. Serbia
14. Grigori Perelman ( 1966- ). Mathematician. Russia
15. Taha Husayn ( 1889-1873). Intellectual, writer. Egypt
16. Paul Swan (1883- 1972). Dancer, actor, poet, sculptor, painter. USA
17. Miriam Makeba ( 1932- 2008). Singer, songwriter, actress, civil rights activist. South Africa
18. Zaha Hadid (1950-2016 ). Architect. Iraq
19. Anna Magnani (1908- 1973). Actress. Italy
20. Nadia Comaneci (1961- ). Athlete. Romania
Second panel
1. Manolis Anagnostakis ( 1925- 2005). Poet. Greece
2. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Painter. Mexico
3. Eleana Vacarescu ( 1864- 1947). Writer. Romania
4. Jo Nesbo ( 1960- ). Writer. Norway
5. Yuval Noe Harari (1976- ). Philosopher, historian. Israel
6. Elias Lonnrot ( 1802-1884). Physician, philologist. Finland
7. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Poet, dramatist, writer. Ireland
8. Bertold Brecht (1898-1956). Playwright, poet and theatrical reformer. German
9. Ndre Mjeda (1860- 1937). Philologist, poet, writer. Albania
10. Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986 ). Film director, screenwriter, film theorist. Russia
11. Alberto Giacometti (1901- 1966). Sculptor, painter. Switzerland
12. Johannes Jorgensen (1866-1956). Writer. Denmark
13. Jan Smuts (1870- 1950). Officer or Army, statesman, philosopher. South Africa
14. Ito Hirobumi ( 1841- 1909). Statesman. Japan
15. Joaquim Teofilo Fernandes Braga ( 1843- 1924). Writer, playwright, politician. Portugal
16. Christina of Sweden ( 1626-1689). Queen, philosopher. Sweden
17. Evita Peron (1919- 1952 ). Actress, politician, activist. Argentina
18. George Santayana (1863- 1952). Philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist. Spain
19. Sadeh Hedayat ( 1903-1951). Writer, translator. Iran
20. Frigyes Karinthy ( 1887-1938). Writer, playwright, author, poet, translator. Hungary
Third panel
1) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Statesman. USA
2) Emmy Noether ( 1882-1935). Mathematician. German
3) Henrik Pontoppidan ( 1857- 1943). Writer. Denmark
4) Malala Yousafzai ( 1997- ). Activist. Pakistan
5) Martina Navratilova (1956- ). Tennis player. Czech Republic
6) Seondeok of Silla (606- 647 AD). Queen. Korea
7) August Strindberg (1849-1912). Playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, painter. Sweden
8) Vasily Surikov (1848-1916 ). Painter. Russia
9) Octavio Paz ( 1914- 1998). Poet, diplomat. Mexico
10) Elin Pelin (1878-1949). Writer. Bulgaria
11) Kahlil Gibran ( 1883-1931). Writer, poet, visual artist, philosopher. Lebanon
12) Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Writer and physician. Scotland
13) Piet Mondrian ( 1872- 1944). Painter. Netherlands
14) Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967). Composer, pedagogue, philosopher. Hungary
15) Cora Coralina (1889- 1895). Writer, poet. Brazil
16) Victor Hugo (1802- 1885). Writer, poet. France
17) Charles Dickens ( 1812-1870). Writer. England
18) Le Corbusier (1887-1965). Architect, desiner, painter, writer. Switzerland
19) Nikos Nikolaides ( 1884- 1956). Novelist, writer. Cyprus
20) Mark Oliphant (1901-2000). Physician. Australia
Fourth panel
1. Constantine Sathas ( 1842- 1914). Historian, medievalist. Greece
2. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). Writer. Russia
3. Charles Edouard Guillaume (1861-1938). Physician. Switzerland
4. Henric Ibsen ( 1828-1906). Playwright and theater director. Norway
5. Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873-1936). Writer, academic, politician. Turkey
6. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844- 1900). Philosopher, philologist. German
7. Gustave Laffon (1835-1906). Poet, writer. France
8. Henry D. Thoreau (1817- 1862). Philosopher, writer, poet. USA
9. Constantine Caratheodori (1873- 1950). Mathematician. Greece
10. Catherine the Great ( 1729- 1796). Empress. Russia
11. Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797). Doctor, mathematician. China
12. Maria Callas ( 1923- 1977 ). Soprano. Greece
13. Amna Al Haddad (1989- ). Athlete. UAE
14. Ibrahim al Usta ( 1908-1950). Poet. Libya
15. Machado de Assis ( 1839- 1908). Novelist, poet, writer, playwright. Brazil
16. Thalia Flora Karavia (1871- 1960). Painter. Greece
17. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805- 1859). Diplomat, scientist, political philosopher. France
18. Douglas Mawson (1882-1958). Geologist, explorer. Australia
19. Coco Chanel (1883-1971). Fashion designer, businesswoman. France
20. Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (1842-1904). Painter. Russia
Fifth panel
1. Bei Dao (1949- ). Writer. China
2. Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963). Poet, playwright, novelist. Turkey
3. Walt Disney (1901- 1966 ). Entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, film producer. USA
4. Emil Theodor Kocher (1841-1917). Phisician and medical researcher. Switzerland
5. Viswanathan Anand (1969- ). Chess Grandmaster. India
6. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). Inventor and engineer. Serbia
7. Lu Xun (1881-1936). Writer, translator, literary, poet. China
8. Henri Pirenne (1862-1935 ). Historian. Belgium
9. Georgia o’ Keeffe (1887- 1986). Painter. USA
10. Yukio Mishima (1925-1970). Actor, playwright, writer. Japan
11. Grazia Deledda (1871-1936 ). Writer. Italy
12. Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912). Playwright, poet, theater manager, journalist. Romania
13. Jean Richepin (1849- 1962). Dramatist, novelist, poet, writer, historian. France
14. Lady Mary Montagu (1689-1762 ). Writer, poet. England
15. Francis Bacon (1909- 1992 ). Painter. Ireland
16. Ameenah Gurib Fakim ( 1959- ). Biologist, politician. Mauritania
17. Maurice Paleologue (1859-1944). Diplomat, historian. France
18. Maryam Mirzakhani ( 1977- 1017). Mathematician. Iran
19. Panagiotis Oikonomos (1851- 1931). Pedagogist. Greece
20. Ezra Pound (1885-1972 ). Poet. USA
Sixth panel
1. Theophile Gautier (1811- 1872 ). Dramatist, novelist, journalist, literary critic. France
2. Roza Imvrioti ( 1898- 1977 ). Pedagogist. Greece
3. Kostas Michos (1978- ). Immature work of the artist. Greece
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