Yiannis Moralis

Greek visual artist (1916–2009)
the Greek politician

Yiannis Moralis (Γιάννης Μόραλης; also transliterated Yannis Moralis or Giannis Moralis; 23 April 1916 – 20 December 2009) was an important Greek visual artist and part of the so called "Generation of the '30s". He is a person who carried weight in many fields and found himself to be equally au courant. Furthermore, he exhibited a strong sense of responsibility when it came to confronting modern day problems. His art is distinct for the esoteric nature of its forms and its capacity and ability to suggest space.

Yiannis Moralis was born on the 23rd of April 1916 in Arta, Greece, the second of four children, the rest being Olga, Theodora and Yiorgos. Six years later in 1922, his family moved to Preveza, where Moralis's father, Konstadinos Moralis was appointed headmaster of the local Gymnasium there and five years following that [ in 1927] they settled in Athens. The coming year in 1949, the Armos group of artists is founded by Yiannis in conjunction with Panayiotis Tetsis, Yannis Tsarouchis, Nikos Nikolaou, Nikos Engonopoulos, Yiorgos Manoussakis, Yiorgos Mavrofridis, Lili Arlioti, Andreas Vourloumis, Nelli Andrikopoulou, Kaiti Antypa, Nikos Hadjikyriakos Ghikas, Elli voïla, Kosmas Xenakis, Nikos Georgiadis, Minos Argyrakis, Marilena Aravantinou, Evgenios Spatharis and sculptors Klearchos Loukopoulos, Aglaïa Lymberaki, Natalia Mela and Yiorgos Georgiou.

On the 13th of November 2019, Moralis' "Full Moon M" sold for 418,584 € on a Bonhams auction in London.