Pavlos Samios: A Visionary Painter Rooted in Tradition Pavlos Samios (Παύλος Σάμιος; 1948-2021) was a Greek painter and professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts, whose oeuvre embodies a profound engagement with Byzantine iconography and a masterful command of fresco painting techniques. Born in Athens on October 28, 1948, Samios’s artistic journey began amidst the formative influences of his father's shoemaking workshop—a connectio…