This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453–1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period (1830-today). Artists working after World War II are considered Contemporary.
Ancient Greece
Poets
Painters
Agatharchus Antiphilus Apelles Apollodorus (painter) Aristides of Thebes Cimon of Cleonae Echion (painter) Euphranor Eupompus Melanthius Panaenus Parrhasius Pausias Polyeidos (poet) Polygnotus Protogenes Theon of Samos Zeuxis
Vase painters
Potters
Andokides Brygos Ergoteles Ergotimos Euphronios Euthymides Exekias Hermogenes Kachrylion Nearchos Nikosthenes Phintias Phrynos Sokles
Architects
Apollodorus of Damascus Callimachus (sculptor) Chersiphron Dinocratis Eupalinus Iktinos Kallikrates Metagenes Mnesikles Aeulius Nicon Philon Pythis Satyros Sostratus of Cnidus
Novelists
Achilles Tatius Antonius Diogenes Chariton Heliodorus of Emesa Iamblichus (novelist) Longus Lucian Xenophon of Ephesus
Actors
Metrobius Thespis Homer
Dramatists and playwrights
Achaeus of Eretria Achaeus of Syracuse Aeschylus Agathon Alexander Aetolus Alexis Anaxandrides Antiphanes Aphareus (writer) Apollodorus of Carystus Aristarchus of Tegea Aristophanes Carcinus (writer) Chaeremon Choerilus (tragic poet) Cleophon (poet) Cratinus Diphilus Epicharmus of Kos Eupolis Euripides Hegemon of Thasos Herodas Ion of Chios Iophon Menander Neophron Nicochares Pherecrates Philemon (poet) Phrynichus (comic poet) Phrynichus (tragic poet) Plato (comic poet) Pratinas Rhinthon Sophocles Sositheus Strattis Theodectes Xenocles
Byzantine Greece
Poets
Christopher of Mytilene Michael Glycas John Mauropous Vitsentzos Kornaros Michael Tarchaniota Marullus Paul the Silentiary Manuel Philes George Pisida Michael Psellos John Tzetzes
Painters
Theodore Apsevdis Michael Astrapas and Eutychios Theophanes the Greek Manuel Panselinos Ioannis Pagomenos Eulalios
Architects
Anthemius of Tralles Isidore of Miletus
Writers
Nicephorus Blemmydes Nicholas Cabasilas Cassianus Bassus Demetrius Chalcondylas Michael Choniates Coluthus Constantine Manasses Constantine VII Cosmas Indicopleustes Eustathius of Thessalonica Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople Hesychius of Miletus Kekaumenos Leontios of Neapolis Leontius (writer) Joannes Laurentius Lydus Mazaris Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople Leontius Pilatus Rhetorius Simeon Seth Theodore Prodromus Theodorus Hyrtacenus Anna Comnena Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus Isaac of Nineveh John of Damascus Michael Psellos Procopius Zozimus
Post Byzantine Greece Theater
Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros
Music
Francisco Leontaritis Michele Stratico Konstantinos Agathophron Nikolopoulos Petros Peloponnesios
Painting Italian and Spanish Renaissance Painters
Marco Basaiti El Greco Ioannis Permeniates Victor Belisario Corenzio Antonio Vassilacchi Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli
Cretan Renaissance Painters
Angelos Akotantos Antonios Papadopoulos Andreas Pavias Angelos Pitzamanos Andreas Ritzos Nikolaos Tzafouris Michael Damaskinos Emmanuel Lambardos Emmanuel Tzanfournaris Fragkos Katelanos Ioannis Apakas Georgios Klontzas Markos Bathas Thomas Bathas Onufri Theophanes the Cretan Elias Moskos Ioannis Moskos Leos Moskos Franghias Kavertzas Emmanuel Tzanes Konstantinos Tzanes Victor (iconographer) Dionysius of Fourna
Heptanese School Painters
Stephanos Tzangarolas Nikolaos Kallergis Spyridon Sperantzas Spiridione Roma Theodore Poulakis Nikolaos Doxaras Nikolaos Kantounis Nikolaos Koutouzis Gerasimos Pitsamanos Spyridon Ventouras Konstantin Kapıdağlı
Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in Painting
Panagiotis Doxaras Christodoulos Kalergis Eustație Altini Ioannis Kornaros
Modern Greece
Painters
Constantine Andreou Christodoulos Aronis Giorgio de Chirico Alexandros Christofis Tasos Chonias Hermon di Giovanno Electros Nikos Engonopoulos Costas Evangelatos Demetrios Farmakopoulos Alekos Fassianos Demetrios Galanis Katerina Grolliou Nicholaos Gysis Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas Theophilos Hatzimihail Georgios Jakobides Christos Kapralos Photios Kontoglou Spyros Koukoulomatis Kourouniotis Marios Loizides Nikiphoros Lytras Yiannis Moralis Theocharis Mores Dimitris Mytaras Nicos Nicolaides Nikos Nikolaou Périclès Pantazis George Papassavas Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki Stass Paraskos Konstantinos Parthenis Yiannis Poulakas Yiannis Psychopedis Penelope Schizodimou Yiannis Spyropoulos Yannis Stavrou Nikos Stratakis Panayiotis Tetsis Epameinondas Thomopoulos Yannis Tsarouchis Alexandros Tzannis Antonio Vassilacchi Spyros Vassiliou Lydia Venieri Konstantinos Volanakis Constantin Xenakis Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos Odysseus Yakoumakis Vasileia Sarri
Sculptors
Joannis Avramidis Constantine Andreou Chryssa Kostas Dikefalos Aggelika Korovessi Jannis Kounellis Memos Makris Thodoros Papadimitriou Thodoros Papayiannis Nikolaos Pavlopoulos Pavlos Prosalentis Takis Electros (also known as Babis Vekris) Lydia Venieri Constantin Xenakis Iannis Xenakis Nikos Sofialakis
Film directors
Kostas Andritsos Theo Angelopoulos Michael Cacoyannis George Pan Cosmatos Costa Gavras Iakovos Kambanelis Giorgos Konstadinou Nikos Koundouros Manakis brothers Nico Mastorakis Laura Neri Dimitris Papamichael Nikos Papatakis Pavlos Tassios Vassilis Photopoulos Yannis Smaragdis George Tzavellas Agnès Varda Dimitris Voyatzis
Poets
Aris Alexandrou Manolis Anagnostakis Olga Broumas Demetrios Capetanakis Constantine P. Cavafy Athanasios Christopoulos Nikos Dimou Odysseas Elytis Andreas Embirikos Nikos Engonopoulos Costas Evangelatos Rigas Feraios Nikos Gatsos Demetris Th. Gotsis Sotiris Kakisis Ektor Kaknavatos Andreas Kalvos Iakovos Kambanelis Nikos Karouzos Kostas Karyotakis Nikos Kavvadias Nikos Kazantzakis Antigone Kefala Napoleon Lapathiotis Dimitris Lyacos Jean Moréas Kostis Palamas Alexandros Panagoulis Lefteris Papadopoulos George Pavlopoulos Maria Polydouri Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves Yiannis Ritsos Miltos Sachtouris Giorgos Seferis Angelos Sikelianos Takis Sinopoulos Giannis Skarimpas Dionysios Solomos Alexandros Soutsos Alexis Stamatis Theodore Stephanides Nanos Valaoritis Kostas Varnalis Vassilis Vassilikos Haris Vlavianos Yannis Yfantis
Novelists
Andreas Karkavitsas Georgios Balanos Penelope Delta Apostolos Doxiadis Vicky Hadjivassiliou Andreas Kalvos Christos Kapralos Nikos Kazantzakis Photios Kontoglou Adamantios Korais Ioannis Kottounios Yannis Makriyannis Menis Koumantareas Alexandros Papadiamantis Zacharias Papantoniou Pythagoras Papastamatiou Ioannis Psycharis Giannis Skarimpas Soti Triantafyllou Vassilis Vassilikos Demetrius Vikelas Alki Zei
Dramatists and playwrights
Angelos Terzakis Crates (comic poet) Apostolos Doxiadis Nikos Kazantzakis Dimitris Lyacos M. Karagatsis Nicos Nicolaides Dimitris Psathas Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves Giannis Skarimpas
Actors
Singers
Musicians
Ancient period
Alypius Terpander
Modern period
Rita Abatzi Maurice Abravanel Art Alexakis Louis Demetrius Alvanis Theodore Antoniou Grigoris Asikis Nikolas Asimos Gina Bachauer Arion Yiorgos Batis Grigoris Bithikotsis Miltiades Caridis Pavlos Carrer Petros Christo Nikos Christodoulou Jani Christou Christos Dantis Dionysios Demetis Odysseas Dimitriadis Marina Diamandis Dimitris Dragatakis Antiochos Evangelatos Sarah P. Kostas Exarhakis Yorgos Foudoulis Alexander Frey Gus G. Katy Garbi Michalis Genitsaris Christos Govetas Manos Hadjidakis Alkinoos Ioannidis Sotiris Kakisis George Kallis Manolis Kalomiris Iakovos Kambanelis Alex Kapranos Eleni Karaindrou Herbert von Karajan Nikos Karvelas Antonios Katinaris Bob Katsionis Leonidas Kavakos Stelios Kazantzidis Areti Ketime Panayiotis Kokoras Iakovos Kolanian Stavros Koujioumtzis Akis Katsoupakis Rena Kyriakou Andreas Lagios Alexandre Lagoya Tim Lambesis Leo Leandros Manos Loizos Andreas Makris Sokratis Malamas Ilan Manouach Nikolaos Mantzaros Giannis Markopoulos Kostas Martakis Alex Martinez Thanos Mikroutsikos Dimitris Mitropoulos Kostas Mountakis Georges Moustaki Orianthi Panagaris Tzimis Panousis Lefteris Papadimitriou Lefteris Papadopoulos Thanassis Papakonstantinou Elena Paparizou Apostolos Paraskevas Stelios Perpiniadis Phivos Sadahzinia Sakis Rouvas Spyros Samaras Dionysis Savvopoulos Kyriakos Sfetsas Dimitris Sgouros Pavlos Sidiropoulos Nikos Skalkottas Kostas Skarvelis Camille-Marie Stamaty Giorgos Theofanous Marios Tokas Sakis Tolis Tatiana Troyanos Iovan Tsaous Vassilis Tsitsanis Markos Vamvakaris Despina Vandi Vangelis Marios Varvoglis Anna Vissi Haris Xanthoudakis Stavros Xarhakos Iannis Xenakis Nikos Xilouris Nikos Xydakis Spyridon Xyndas Mirka Yemendzakis Yanni Savvas Ysatis
Composers
Contemporary Artists
Visual Artists (mixed or new media, interdisciplinary, photography, film, performance, other)
Loukia Alavanou Andreas Angelidakis Manolis Anastasakos Aggelos Antonopoulos Arelis Nikos Arvanitis Bill Balaskas Kostas Bassanos Pantelis Chandris Nikos Charalambidis Dionisis Christofilogiannis Anastasia Douka Dora Economou Eirene Efstathiou Stelios Faitakis Alexandros Georgiou Marina Gioti Maria Glyka Guerrilla Optimists Effie Halivopoulou Zoe Hatziyannaki Dionisis Kavallieratos Giorgos Kazazis Panos Kokkinias Georgia Kotretsos Marinos Koutsomichalis Maria Loizidou Andreas Lolis Dimitrios Skalkotos Panos Kokkinias Miltos Manetas Lena Mitsolidou Nina Papaconstantinou Agelos Papadimitriou Maria Papadimitriou Nikos Papadimitriou Ilias Papailiakis Nina Pappa Antonis Pittas Poka-Yo Afroditi Psarra Madalina Psoma Thalia Raftopoulou Georgia Sagri Kostis Stafylakis Eva Stefani Stefania Strouza Penelope Schizodimou Lina Theodorou Panos Tsagaris Giorgos Tserionis Kostas Tsolis Maria Varela George-Maran Varthalitis Alexandros Vasmoulakis Kostis Velonis Vangelis Vlahos Vassilis Vlastaras Zafos Xagoraris Myrto Xanthopoulou Yorgos Zois
Art Historians Manolis Hatzidakis
Art Curators Dimitios Spyrou Evita Tsokanta Elpida Karaba Iliana Fokianaki Maya Tounta Kika Kyriakakou Ioanna Gerakidi
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Nonprofit organisations THE TELOS SOCIETY ARCAthens ARCH Kaktos Project
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