Nikolaos Doxaras was a Greek painter of the Heptanese School, born in the Ionian islands

Ionian Islands

The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e...

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He was the son of the Greek painter Panagiotis Doxaras

Panagiotis Doxaras

Panagiotis Doxaras was a Greek painter who founded the Heptanese School of Greek art .- Biography :He was born in Mani, Ottoman Greece. In 1664, his family moved to Zante where he was taught iconography by Leo Moscos. In 1694 he joined the Venetian army and fought against the Ottomans in Chios...

. In 1729 he joined the Venetian army, and a studied painting in Venice

Venice

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. In 1738 he returned to the island of Leukas and in 1745 became an army officer. Between 1753 and 1762 he worked in Zakynthos

Zakynthos

Zakynthos , also Zante, the other form often used in English and in Italian , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It covers an area of ...

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Some of his works were destroyed in the earthquake of 1953

1953 Ionian Earthquake

The Great 1953 Ionian Earthquake struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece on August 12, 1953. In mid-August 1953, beginning on 8 August there were over 113 recorded earthquakes in the region between Kefalonia and Zakynthos, but the most destructive was the earthquake of August 12th...

, but others have been preserved in the National Art Gallery of Greece

National Gallery (Athens)

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. An original work, The Birth of the Mother of God, remains at the Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos.

He continued the artistic tradition of his father when he replaced the Byzantine-style

Byzantine art

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Icon

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painting works by Italian-influenced painting. His works have been crucial for the orientation of Greek painting towards Italy.