• Type : Painter

Description : Fotis Sarris (1937 - 2011), as a painter, managed to link the pioneering movements of European modernism with ancient Greek and Byzantine art. His in-depth study of the pigments of the hagiographers of the post-Byzantine period was significant.

Bibliography / Comments : Together with his wife Lydia, they picked a pine-covered spot in Agkistri where they set up their tent and spent their summers there. Gradually, the tent was transformed into a permanent installation.

The Fotis Sarris Archive can be found at: https://greekarchivesinventory.gak.gr/index.php/2ef5-y4ye-66cz

  • Type : Painter

Description : Lydia Sarri, the wife of the painter Fotis Sarris, studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts in the atelier of Yannis Moralis and also studied mosaics under Elli Boila-Laskari. She is passionate about painting, sculpture, and mosaics, drawing inspiration from Byzantine tradition and folk art.

Bibliography / Comments You can find material from Sarri's exhibition at the Nees Morfes Art Gallery in 1979 at the Institute of Contemporary Greek Art: http://dp.iset.gr/book/view.html?id=18531&tab=exhibitions (Institute of Contemporary Greek Art)

Additionally, you can view Sarris's mosaics from an exhibition at the Art Korais art space here: https://www.stoart.gr/stoart-artist-sari-lidia

  • Type : Author

Description : She has written a book about Agkistri with its history, enhanced with a plethora of photographs.

Bibliography / Comments : She has written a book about Agkistri with its history, enhanced with a plethora of photographs.
E.O.O.A. 914.9512 ΠΕΛ

  • Type : Chronographer

Description : Dimitris Hatzopoulos (1872-1936) spent about four decades organizing excursions. He would go on these excursions alone or with friends, walking endlessly, meticulously recording his experiences, and describing them with remarkable accuracy. He also preserved oral information and took photographs of monuments, landscapes, and anything else he deemed important for future generations. Hatzopoulos published several thousand geographical chronicles, as well as many more relating to current events and everyday life.

In his 1921 topographical timeline "Agistri, Kekryphalia", Hatzopoulos describes an excursion to the island at that time.

Bibliography / Comments : The timeline can be accessed here: https://www.taathinaika.gr/agkistri-kekryfaleia-1921

  • Type : Island expert / Author

Description : Georgios Giagakis (1944) is systematically engaged in the study of the island community and economy and among other things he has inspired The Agistriotika: Island Poetry, a series of poems inspired by the island.

Bibliography / Comments : The book of poems is available at the National Library with index number: NΦ * - 557 - LIEB.

Extract of a poem:

«Άνοιξη στο Αγκίστρι»
[…]
Και φεύγοντας … πάνω στην πλώρη
άσε το στήθος σου
με τ’ άρωμα των πεύκων… να γεμίσει
και πες… πόσο δυσεύρετοι
είναι σήμερα τέτοιοι χώροι,
Αγκίστρι μου, η αγάπη μου για σένα
δεν θα σβήσει!

  • Type : Painter

Description : Gerti Brauner (1922-2010), lived in Agκistri from 1985-2010, where she passed away. Her portfolio includes watercolours, drawings, oil paintings, acrylic works, collages, glass and silk paintings, as well as sculptural compositions in plaster and clay. Many neighbouring houses (including the Parnassos tavern) have G.B.'s clay coat of arms on their doors.

Bibliography / Comments : The artist's works can be viewed on the website https://www.gerti-brauner.de/arbeitstechniken