Achilles Droungas, Greek (1940 - )

Achilles Droungas was born in Piraeus in 1940. He studied graphic arts and stage design at the Athens School of Fine Art from 1958 to 1965. In 1970 with a State Scholarship went to London, where he continued his studies at the Slade School of Fine Art. As a graphic artist he participated in the most important international graphic shows between 1967 and 1976. His graphics have been published by Christies Contemporary Art in London, Editions Alecto in London, International Graphics Society in New York, Redfern Gallery in London, Zoumboulakis Gallery in Athens. They can be found in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, National Museum of Wales, Bibliothèque National de Paris and other public and private collections in Europe and USA. Twice he won grants from the Ford Foundation. In 1974 he started painting and in 1978 he had his first show of oil paintings at the Zoumboulakis Gallery in Athens. In 1982 he painted a monumental mural (45m) for Atheneum Intercontinental Hotel in Athens. Since then he has shown his paintings in various galleries in Europe and USA. His paintings can be found in Greece at the National Gallery in Athens, the Vorres Museum in Paeania, and in many public and private collections in Greece and abroad.