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NIKIFOROS LYTRAS
After Lytras graduated in 1856, he began teaching a course
in Elementary Writing. In 1860, he won a Greek government
scholarship to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich,
where studied under Karl von Piloty. He was accepted into
Piloty’s class after passing the German professor’s stringent
requirements. As Piloty’s student, Lytras focused on the
history of painting, and his subjects were inspired by Greek
mythology and history.