10 Facts About Nikolaos Koutouzis

Nikolaos Koutouzis, or Koutousis was a Greek painter, poet and priest.

Nikolaos Koutouzis was part of the Heptanese School, but a member of the Modern Greek Enlightenment in art.

Nikolaos Koutouzis was one of the last Greek painters to incorporate the Venetian style during its decline, due to the Fall of the Republic of Venice.

Nikolaos Koutouzis was the teacher of Nikolaos Kantounis, who was heavily influenced by his style.

Nikolaos Koutouzis was born in a part of Greece that was under Venetian, rather than Ottoman control.

Nikolaos Koutouzis appears to have taken his first art lessons from Nikolaos Doxaras, who lived on Zakynthos during the 1750s.

At the age of sixteen, under his direction, Koutouzis painted decorations at the Churches of Saint John of Damascus and Saint Demetrius, both of which have since been destroyed.

Nikolaos Koutouzis wrote satirical poems on local affairs and scandals, which often contained sharp lampoons of his contemporaries.

Nikolaos Koutouzis subsequently became a parish priest at several locations on his native island.

Nikolaos Koutouzis took in the occasional student, most notably Nikolaos Kantounis.