About the Master Wood Carver
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| The year was 1948, in the foothills of northern Greece near Ioannina, when Dimitrios Klitsas was born. At the Ioannina Technical School, his four year study of classical design and carving techniques, was both formal and intensive. Moving to Athens upon graduation, he apprenticed to the acclaimed master carver Evangelos Moshos for five years. He then opened his first shop in Athens and worked there for the following five years. In quest of expanding his horizon he immigrated to the United States in 1974. Today, the polish of his techniques represents a melding of his solid classical foundation and his years of experience, growth and development. |
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AwardsIn 1994, Dimitrios was awarded the Arthur Ross Award from Classical America in recognition for ornamental woodwork chiefly in residences in the classical tradition. The Arthur Ross Awards are presented annually to a painter, sculptor, architect, landscape architect/gardener, architectural renderer, or craftsman whose mature work has exhibited a continued excellence and integrity in its application of classical ideals and canons. ArticlesClick here for an article "BRINGING LIFE TO ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE CLASSICAL ART OF HAND CARVED ORNAMENT", published in Clem Labine's Period Homes Magazine Winter 2001. Click here to review Dimitrios Klitsas featured in an episode of "Modern Masters" series on Home and Garden Television. Click here to review Dimitrios Klitsas as carver of the month in the May, 2004 issue of "Woodezine", an online woodworking magazine. As seen in Architectural Digest, December, 1991. |
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