He is known as the "architects' sculptor," having created, in collaboration with architects and urbanists, works integrated into architecture and landscapes. He created sculptures using a wide variety of materials (stainless steel, terracotta, marble, wood, concrete, etc.). He also created relief paintings in driftwood or turned wood, furniture, and numerous utilitarian objects that he designed and made himself.
Philolaos: sculpture
Biography
The son of Georgios Tloupas and Vasiliki Batzou, Philolaos was born on 4 March 1923. His father, a carpenter, was his first teacher. He also believed that his grandfather, a boilermaker, although he never knew him, had instilled in him a love of metalworking.[1]
Philaos: sculptural model in stainless steelPhilolaos: bottlels
Philolaos attended the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1944 to 1947 working under the supervision of Michael Tombros and Athanasius Apartis.[2] After graduating and completing his military service (1947 and 1950), he went to Paris where he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts. There, he studied under the sculptor Marcel Gimond.[1]
In 1956, he married Simonne Walter, and his daughter Isabelle was born a year later. His son, Yorgo, was born in 1974 from his second marriage to Marina Assaël.[1]
He designed and built a house in Platamon, Greece, himself (1957–58). He also designed and built his studio[3] in Saint Rémy de la Chevreuse (30km south of Paris) in 1967, and his house in 1974. In 1974, he also acquired another house in Pelion, Greece.[1]
1963:'Water towers' of the city of Valence (Drôme), built in collaboration with the architect André Gomis. The two twisted towers, 57 meters high, are today the emblem of the city and have been classified as 20th century heritage by the French Ministry of Culture.[4]
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