1. Ilias or Elias Moskos was a Greek educator, shipping merchant and painter from Crete.
15 Facts About Elias Moskos
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The last name Moskos was associated with three famous painters of the Cretan school alive during the same period, along with Ioannis Moskos and Leos Moskos, possibly his relatives.
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Theodore Poulakis and Elias Moskos brought the art and style of Crete into the Heptanese school of the Ionian Islands.
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Elias Moskos was affiliated with other artists such as Philotheos Skoufos.
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Elias Moskos's son was not Ioannis Moskos although they were probably related.
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Elias Moskos eventually married and had two children George and Maria.
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Elias Moskos was active on the island of Zakynthos and Kefalonia.
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Elias Moskos's other student M Patzo was a committee member in 1657.
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Elias Moskos was responsible for building a ship and appointing church committee members in Corfu and Venice.
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Elias Moskos made out a will leaving his fortune to his brother George.
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Elias Moskos gave the Monastery his house with a courtyard and his boat.
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Elias Moskos gave special instructions to the monks for his funeral and memorial.
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Elias Moskos would cancel the donation of an icon of the Ascension of Jesus Christ to the church of Faneromeni Zakynthos.
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Theodore Poulakis is considered the father of Heptanese school because of his drastic transition to the new style of painting but Elias Moskos is an important member of the transition to the more refined style of the Heptanese school of the Ionian Islands.
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Elias Moskos painted his famous piece Christ Pantocrator in the Ionian Islands.