Draughtsman / artist
Andreas Diamantis
fl. 1936–1953 · Cyprus
Teacher at the Nicosia gymnasium, active 1936–1953. Worked at Bellapais-Vounous and Khirokitia. Worked with Eleanor Stewart.
Life and work
- 1937–1938As a teacher at the Nicosia gymnasium, recommended by the Cyprus Museum, did much of the pottery drawing for the Stewarts' Vounous work during school holidays, at the expedition workroom (Bellapais Abbey).
BellapaisPowell 2013, p. 58
- 1953Thanked by Dikaios in the final report on the Khirokitia excavations (1936-1939) as having prepared all the drawings of the finds except those of the stone axe-heads (done by Mrs O. Raouf).
Connections
2 peopleColleagues & contacts
- Worked with Porphyrios Dikaiosprobably1936–1953
- Worked with Eleanor Stewart1937–1938
Sources
- 1.Judy Powell (2013). Love's Obsession: The Lives and Archaeology of Jim and Eve Stewart. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press.
- 2.P. Dikaios (1953). Khirokitia: Final Report on the Excavation of a Neolithic Settlement in Cyprus on Behalf of the Department of Antiquities, 1936-1946. Oxford, Oxford University Press.