Ilias Lalaounis was born in the heart of Athens in 1920 and he has been an internationally renowned artist and jeweller.He has received a lot of prizes for his creativity in art, the most important of which is that he has been the only jeweller ever elected as a member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.
His career began in the 40's when he was in charge of Zolotas firm. It was in the 50's when his ingenious idea to revive Greek jewellery changed his life and career.His knoweledge and grasp of the art and history of early civilizations led to the creation of a great number of 'archaeological collections' based on the cultures of Europe, Asia and America.In the 70's he proved to be able to search for new ideas and create some spectacular designs based on modern technology, astronomy, nature and medicine.
In 1993 the workshops were moved to new facilities, so the old building in Karyatidon and Kallisperi street, on the south side of the Acropolis, houses today a unique Jewellery Museum.Its collection includes over 4000 pieces of jewellery and micro-sculptures designed by the founder of the Museum himself between 1940 and 2000.The 50 collections displayed have been organised in six sections on the first floor under the following main categories:'The Golden Dawn of the Art' , The History of Ancient Greek Art' , 'Jewellery inspired from other Civilizations' , 'Collections inspired from Nature' , 'Collections inspired from Space, Biology and Modern Technology' , 'Special Commissions and Private Collections'. On the second floor the visitor can enjoy looking at the micro-sculptures and the impressive decorative art objects.
Ilias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum is unique because it is the one and only museum of contemporary jewellery all over the world.It is definitely worth a visit!
Katia Andrianou-Proficiency class
Αρχαιολόγος-Φιλόλογος MSc με μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές
στην Πολιτιστική Διαχείριση
His career began in the 40's when he was in charge of Zolotas firm. It was in the 50's when his ingenious idea to revive Greek jewellery changed his life and career.His knoweledge and grasp of the art and history of early civilizations led to the creation of a great number of 'archaeological collections' based on the cultures of Europe, Asia and America.In the 70's he proved to be able to search for new ideas and create some spectacular designs based on modern technology, astronomy, nature and medicine.
In 1993 the workshops were moved to new facilities, so the old building in Karyatidon and Kallisperi street, on the south side of the Acropolis, houses today a unique Jewellery Museum.Its collection includes over 4000 pieces of jewellery and micro-sculptures designed by the founder of the Museum himself between 1940 and 2000.The 50 collections displayed have been organised in six sections on the first floor under the following main categories:'The Golden Dawn of the Art' , The History of Ancient Greek Art' , 'Jewellery inspired from other Civilizations' , 'Collections inspired from Nature' , 'Collections inspired from Space, Biology and Modern Technology' , 'Special Commissions and Private Collections'. On the second floor the visitor can enjoy looking at the micro-sculptures and the impressive decorative art objects.
Ilias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum is unique because it is the one and only museum of contemporary jewellery all over the world.It is definitely worth a visit!
Katia Andrianou-Proficiency class
Αρχαιολόγος-Φιλόλογος MSc με μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές
στην Πολιτιστική Διαχείριση
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