Call Number:

C1342

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 1.7 linear feet

Language:

Greek, Modern (1453-) and English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Kōstas Zēmerēs photographs collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1900-1999 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Zēmerēs, Kōstas

Form:

Photographs -- Greece -- 20th century. and Silver prints -- Greece -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Kostas Zēmerēs was born in 1886 in Katēchōri Pelion. He studied at the Commercial School of Volos, where he took his first lessons from the painter Iōannēs Poulakas. In 1904 he went to the United States where he worked in photo labs collaborating with painters and photographers. There he had the opportunity to study at the Art Institute of Saint Louis. He returned to Greece in 1912 where he was recruited during the Balkan Wars. Later, after the World War I, he remained in Athens working with great photographers, such as George Bouka and Nelly's. Finally he returned to Volos where he worked as a professional photographer and painter. He participated in many exhibitions in Greece and abroad, such as in Calais (France) in 1925 and Liverpoool (England) in 1926. He received the gold medal at the International Exhibition of Thessalonikē (Greece) in 1932 and 1936. Zēmerēs gave us the unique photographs of the painter Theophilos Chatzēmichaēl. He died at the age of 96. Consists of an open collection of silver prints depicting Greek landscapes by Kōstas Zēmerēs.

Kostas Zēmerēs was born in 1886 in Katēchōri Pelion. He studied at the Commercial School of Volos, where he took his first lessons from the painter Iōannēs Poulakas. In 1904 he went to the United States where he worked in photo labs collaborating with painters and photographers. There he had the opportunity to study at the Art Institute of Saint Louis. He returned to Greece in 1912 where he was recruited during the Balkan Wars. Later, after the World War I, he remained in Athens working with great photographers, such as George Bouka and Nelly's. Finally he returned to Volos where he worked as a professional photographer and painter. He participated in many exhibitions in Greece and abroad, such as in Calais (France) in 1925 and Liverpoool (England) in 1926. He received the gold medal at the International Exhibition of Thessalonikē (Greece) in 1932 and 1936. Zēmerēs gave us the unique photographs of the painter Theophilos Chatzēmichaēl. He died at the age of 96.

Consists of an open collection of silver prints depicting Greek landscapes by Kōstas Zēmerēs. Included are: 1 image of Pēlion entitled "Prōinē voskē stēn Portaria" (Early grass in Portaria); 1 image of a winter scene in Kalyvia Volos; and 1 image of the church of Aghios Iōannēs Baxedōn Anō Volou. There are also two gelatin silver prints (23.4 x 29.8 cm. each) of street views of the city of Volos (Greece) signed and located on recto and verso: "Volos 1936. Hē Exōraistikē k[ai] to trenaki" and "Volos 1938. Hodos Iasonos k[ai] Antōnopoulou."

Handwritten captions in Greek.