Konstantinos Dimitriadis
Konstantinos Dimitriadis (original greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δημητριάδης)
Born	1879 Stenimachos (Στενήμαχος)
Died	1943 Athens
Nationality	Greek

Konstantinos Dimitriadis (Κωνσταντίνος Δημητριάδης) (1879 or 1881 - 28 October 1943) was a Greek sculptor who won a gold medal at the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics for his sculpture Finnish discus thrower.^[1][2][3]

Biography

The Athens copy of the "Discus thrower" (Discobolus)

Bust of poet Kostis Palamas by Dimitriadis

He was born in 1881^[1] or in 1879^[4] in Stenimachos (Στενήμαχος).

He studied at the ASFA Athens School of Fine Arts and then went with a scholarship to the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he stayed after his studies. In 1928^[1] or 1930^[4] he became the director of the Athens School of Fine Arts.^[1]

He was elected a member of the Academy of Athens in 1936. His works were exhibited at the Paris Salon and Salon d'Automne and the 1936 Venice Biennale. He died in Athens in 1943.^[4]

Works

• Dilemma (1907)
• Finnish discus thrower (1924): three copies, including one originally in Central Park, now in Randall's Island Park,^[5] and one close to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece
• To the Defeated of Life (large work in 12 parts)
• Agia Lavra
• Liberation of Chios Island
• The Bacchae
• The Sceptic
• The Bathing Woman
• Muhammad Ali of Egypt on his horse in Kavala, Greece

References

Further reading

• Tzani, Nicoleta (2012). Costas Dimitriadis (1879-1943) : la carrière européenne d'un sculpteur grec (These de doctorat). University of Strasbourg.