Vasilis Michaelides

Biography:

Vasilis Michaelides is considered by many and often referred to as the national poet of Cyprus. He was born in Lefkoniko a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus between 1849 and 1853. In 1862 he moved to Nicosia to attend Secondary School. His first contact with the arts came in the form of religious icons in the archbishopric in Nicosia where he trained as an artist.