Fonis Zoglopitis

Fonis Zoglopitis (; 1930–24 April 2015) was a Greek painter.

Biography Zoglopitis was born in 1930 in Thessaloniki. His father, who died when Zoglopitis was still a child, was from Rachoula, a village in Karditsa Region, while his mother was born in Polygyros. After his father’s death, he settled with the rest of the family in Polygyros, where he spent his childhood. Zoglopitis was a member of KKE, and also an active member of various cultural and social groups.

He died on 24 April 2015. His daughter, Amalia Zoglopitou, is also a painter.

Legacy As an artist, Zoglopitis was a proponent of Postimpressionism and Expressionism. He was mainly a landscape painter, although many of his works include human figures, and nudes. Zoglopitis’ paintings are held by the Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki, the Society for Macedonian Studies, the Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, and private collections.