Dimitris Mytaras was born in 1934 in Halkida, Greece. He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts - ASFA (1953-1957) with Yannis Moralis and Spyros Papaloukas. He received a state scholarship to study stage design at the École Supérieure Nationale des Arts Décoratifs (1961-1964), and interior decoration at the Metiers d'Art, in Paris. Between 1964 and 1972 he directed the Interior Decoration Workshop of the Technological Educational Institution of Athens. Together with his wife and with the support of the Municipality of Halkida, he founded a School of Painting at his birthplace in 1978. In 1969 he was appointed assistant in the Painting Workshop of the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he has taught regularly since 1975. In his art, the most prominent features are a classical structure, a balanced design, a vivid palette subjects, and subjects in intense movement. An expressionistic atmosphere, along with an obvious mood for social critique, are prevalent in all the periods in the last thirty years; in series such as Photographic Documents (1966-70), Epitaphs (1971-76), Portraits (1977-87), and Theatre Scenes (1988-91).
Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Dimitris Mytaras has exhibited in many of the world's capitals and has participated in virtually every important Biennial. One of the most important and prolific painters in contemporary Greece, Dimitris Mytaras has had more than twenty individual exhibitions of his work - in Athens, Thessaloniki, Volos, Larissa, Heracleion, Chania, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Rome, Paris, and elsewhere. He has also had work in more than thirty group exhibitions around the world, including such major events as the Alexandria (1958 and 1966); Paris Young Artists (1960); São Paulo (1966); and Venice Biennale (1972).
Selected works
DIMITRIS MITARAS - (1934 - 2017) - COMPOSITION
TITLE: COMPOSITION MEDIUM: SILKSCREEN DIMENSIONS: 125X105 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND NUMBERED (167/199) RIGHT BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS (1934 - 2017) - GIRL
TITLE: GIRL MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 70Χ100 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS (1934 - 2017) - WOMAN
TITLE: WOMAN MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 70Χ50 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED LEFT BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS (1934 - 2017) - WOMAN
TITLE: WOMAN MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 100Χ80 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED LEFT BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - (1934 - 2017) - BOAT
TITLE: BOAT MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 100X150 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - (1934 - 2017) - WOMAN IN THE MIRROR
TITLE: WOMAN IN THE MIRROR MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 100X100 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL
GIRL OIL ON WOOD 50χ70 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL (1934 - 2017)
GIRL SILKSCREEN 60χ60 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL (1934 -2017)
WOMAN OIL ON WOOD 70Χ50 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL AND DOVE
GIRL AND DOVE OIL ON CANVAS 100Χ100 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL BY THE WINDOW
GIRL BY THE WINDOW OIL ON CANVAS 60χ80 CM. SIGNED LEFT BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL IN RED
GIRL IN RED OIL ON CANVAS 70X50 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - HORSE
HORSE OIL ON CANVAS 30X40 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - WOMAN
WOMAN OIL ON CANVAS 30Χ40 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MITARAS - (1934 - 2017) - COMPOSITION
TITLE: COMPOSITION MEDIUM: SILKSCREEN DIMENSIONS: 125X105 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND NUMBERED (167/199) RIGHT BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS (1934 - 2017) - GIRL
TITLE: GIRL MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 70Χ100 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS (1934 - 2017) - WOMAN
TITLE: WOMAN MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 70Χ50 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED LEFT BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS (1934 - 2017) - WOMAN
TITLE: WOMAN MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 100Χ80 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED LEFT BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - (1934 - 2017) - BOAT
TITLE: BOAT MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 100X150 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - (1934 - 2017) - WOMAN IN THE MIRROR
TITLE: WOMAN IN THE MIRROR MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS DIMENSIONS: 100X100 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL
GIRL OIL ON WOOD 50χ70 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL (1934 - 2017)
GIRL SILKSCREEN 60χ60 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL (1934 -2017)
WOMAN OIL ON WOOD 70Χ50 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL AND DOVE
GIRL AND DOVE OIL ON CANVAS 100Χ100 CM. SIGNED BELOW
DIMITRIS MYTARAS - GIRL BY THE WINDOW
GIRL BY THE WINDOW OIL ON CANVAS 60χ80 CM. SIGNED LEFT BELOW