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 Frangoulides was born in Pano Zodia in 1902. He studied at the Higher School of Fine Arts, Athens under Professors G. Iacovides, N. Lytras, Sp. Vikatos, G. Roilos and P. Mathiopoulos from 1924 to 1930. He lived in Athens until 1932. He returned to Cyprus for two years and in 1934 went back to Athens, where he worked as a designer. From 1947, until his death in 1981, he lived in Cyprus. He worked on a Byzantine-Italian type of icon-painting, and painted portable icons for various churches in Cyprus. He also wrote art reviews in newspapers and magazines.
He showed his work in one-man exhibitions (1936, Athens, Parnassos; 1953, Famagusta, Constantia Hotel; 1966, Nicosia, “Pnevmatiki Stegi”; 1972, London, Cumberland Hotel, 1974, Nicosia, Argo Gallery; 1976, Athens, Skopia Gallery; 1977, Nicosia, Zygos Gallery; 1986, Nicosia, Gloria Gallery, retrospective posthoumous exhibition).
He participated in many group exhibitions (1932, Pancyprian exhbition; 1933, 1940, 1941, Panhellenic Exhibition; 1960, Platres “The Golden Nightingale”; 1961, Paris, Salon d’ Art Moderne; 1970, London, Edinburg, Common-wealth institute, “Exhibition of Cypriot Art”; 1972, Foggia, Italy, Biennale d’ Arte Sacra).
Distinctions: Silver Metal at Biennale D’ Arte Sacra at Foggia, Italy, 1972.
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