Konstantinos Volanakis

**Konstantinos Volanakis** (Girkanci; c. 1837 - 29 Yuni 1907) ya kasance mai zane na Girka. An san shi da daya daga cikin manyan masu zane-zane na Girka. Wani sanannen mai zane-zane shine Ioannis Altamouras . 

## Tarihin rayuwa

An haifi Volanakis a Heraklion a tsibirin Karita, ga iyayen da suka fito daga wani karamin ƙauye kusa da Rethymno . Daga baya, sun sake komawa saboda dalilai na kasuwanci, kuma ya kammala karatunsa na asali a Syros a 1856.  Bayan haka, 'yan uwansa sun bukaci shi, sai ya tafi Trieste kuma ya zama magatakarda na iyalin' yan kasuwa na Girka waɗanda ke da alaƙa da iyalinsa ta hanyar aure. Yayinda yake can, ya zana zane-zane na jiragen ruwa da tashar jiragen ruwa a cikin littattafan lissafinsa. Maimakon korar shi, danginsa sun gane kwarewarsa ta fasaha, kuma sun shirya masa karatu a Kwalejin Fine Arts, Munich, a karkashin Karl von Piloty, ya shiga ƙungiyar ɗaliban Girka waɗanda suka haɗa da Nikolaos Gyzis, Georgios Jakobides, Nikiphoros Lytras da Polychronis Lembesis .  Masu koyarwarsa sun hana kowane irin zanen wuri, saboda yana "ƙasa", don haka ya mai da hankali kan hotuna. 

Fitowarsa ta zo ne a 1869, shekaru uku bayan Yaƙin Lissa, lokacin da Sarkin sarakuna Franz Joseph ya gudanar da gasar zane don tunawa da taron. Volanakis ya lashe gasar, yana karɓar Florins na zinariya 1000 da tafiye-tafiye na kyauta tare da rundunar sojan ruwa ta Austriya na tsawon shekaru uku. Ya yi amfani da wannan sosai, yana samar da zane-zane da zane-zanen da yawa. A shekara ta 1883,  duk da gargadi daga Gyzis cewa zai lalata aikinsa, ya koma Girka kuma ya zauna a Piraeus, inda iyalinsa ke da masana'antar tukwane, yana mai nuna matsin lamba daga matarsa, wacce lafiyarsa ke fama da sanyi a Jamus. 

Daga wannan lokacin har zuwa 1903, ya kasance malami a Makarantar Fine Arts ta Athens, inda daya daga cikin sanannun ɗalibansa shine Michalis Oikonomou . Ya kuma gudanar da nasa makarantar masu zaman kansu.[1] Wani daga cikin ɗalibansa shine Sophia Laskaridou [1] A shekara ta 1889, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Silver Cross of the Order of the Redeemer . [1][2] Ya kasance, duk da haka, matalauci sosai a cikin shekarunsa na baya, saboda babban iyalinsa da kuma raguwar sha'awar fasaharsa. A kokarin kara yawan kuɗin shiga, ya sauya hanyar da aka saba amfani da ita na zanen farko, sannan kuma tsarawa, ta hanyar aiki tare da ƙungiyar masu tsarawa waɗanda za su fara yin zane-zane masu tsayi, sannan ƙirƙirar zane-zane don dacewa da su.

Volanakis ya mutu a ranar 29 ga Yuni 1907 a Piraeus, daga matsalolin da suka shafi babban hernia. jana'izarsa ta fadi a ranar zabe mai muhimmanci, don haka mutane kalilan ne suka halarta. Ana gudanar da zane-zanen Volanakis a cikin tarin jama'a da masu zaman kansu kamar National Gallery of Greece, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, da Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation.

## Hotuna

Fayil:Κωνσταντίνος_Βολανάκης_-_Συλλέγοντας_τα_δίχτυα.jpg|*Collecting the Nets* (1871) 
Fayil:Corinth_canal_inauguration_by_Volanakis.jpg|*The Inauguration of the Corinth Canal* (1893)
Fayil:Βολανάκης,_Κωνσταντίνος_-_Η_έξοδος_του_Άρεως,_1894.jpg|*Sortie of the Aris* (1894)
Fayil:Βολανάκης,_Κωνσταντίνος_-_Αραγμένα_καράβια,_π._1886-1890.jpg|*Anchored Boats* (1895)
Fayil:Constantinos_Volanakis_-_The_Battle_of_Trafalgar.jpg|*The Battle of Trafalgar* (Unknown)


## Manazarta