Kapralos Museum, Aegina

About the museum

The museum is housed in the studio of the sculptor Christos Kapralos in Plakakia on Aegina, where the artist worked and lived on the island. It opened to the public in 1995, two years after his death, with six rooms and open-air spaces.

In 2006 the Christos and Soula Kapralos Foundation passed, by presidential decree, to the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum, and since then the museum has operated as a branch of it.

Wood, poros and marble sculptures, paintings produced on Aegina and smaller works in clay and bronze are displayed in the rooms and in the surrounding area. Particularly notable is the plaster cast of the “Monument of the Battle of Pindos” (1952–1956), a relief about forty metres long, as well as the “Parody from the pediment of Olympia” (1971–1972), a composition of eucalyptus trunks.

Highlights

• Plaster cast of the “Monument of the Battle of Pindos”, about 40 metres long
• “Parody from the pediment of Olympia” made of eucalyptus trunks
• Wooden, poros and marble sculptures by Kapralos
• Paintings produced on Aegina
• The artist’s studio with open-air spaces

Permanent exhibition

• Μόνιμη έκθεση του Μουσείου Καπράλου – Sculptures in wood, poros and marble, paintings and small works in clay and bronze in the rooms and courtyard of the sculptor’s studio.

Founded

1995

Operated by

Εθνική Πινακοθήκη – Μουσείο Αλεξάνδρου Σούτσου

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Admission is free.

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