As March comes to a close, we wanted to feature an artist from Greece to honor Greek-American Heritage Month! 🇬🇷🎨🖌️ Georgios Jakobides was born in 1853 in Chidiras. Attributed to the Naturalist movement, he was influenced by German academic Realism. His main accomplishments were founding the National Gallery of Greece in 1878 and being appointed director of the Athens School of Fine Arts in 1904. Jakobides rejected “new” artistic movements and encouraged his students to lean into their own individual artistic styles. He also created the designs for several Greek coins in the 1900’s. He died in Athens at the age of 79.