Giorgio De Chirico Art Centre
The Giorgio de Chirico Art Centre (Greek: Κέντρο Τέχνης «Τζόρτζιο ντε Κίρικο») is an art centre/museum in a three-story building in Volos, Magnesia, Greece. It is named for internationally famous Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, who was born to Italian parents in Volos on July 10, 1888.
The first floor of the museum is a municipal museum with more than 400 works. The second and third floors house the Alekos K. Damtsas Museum (Greek: Μουσείο Αλέκου Κ. Δάμτσα) which holds a collection donated by Alexandros K. Damtsas, a local businessman. It consists of more than 500 paintings by Greek artists of the 19th and early 20th century, and engravings, maps, and documents about Volos, and artworks by locals. According to a Pelion-region travel website, it is one of 20 "sites worth seeing" in the region.
References
- ^ Embassy of Greece in Poland, Press & Communication Office (11 January 2010). "Giorgio De Chirico Art Centre in Volos". GreeceInfo. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Collection Online: Giorgio de Chirico". Guggenheim Museum. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Pelion:Worth Seeing:Art center Giorgio De Chirico". Travel to Pelion.
External links
- Artistic Organisation, Municipality of Volos Official website
- Page on the website of the Municipality of Volos (Greek)
- Page on the Museum on WonderGreece
- Page on the Art Centre Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine on InfoPelion