Andreas Kriezis was born on Hydra and was the son of an Arvanite Captain of merchant vessel.

[1] Some sources claim that he was actually the brother of Prime Minister Antonios Kriezis, but this seems very unlikely and the relationship, if any, remains unclear.

Rather than follow his family's traditional maritime occupations, he went to Athens, where he worked as a lithographer at the Royal Printing House.

[2]Although mostly a portrait painter, he is known to have painted murals at the "Church of Saint Irene" on Poros.

As a rule, he did not sign his works,[1] so only a small number of canvases are attributed to him with certainty.