Georgios Samartzis

[1] He took his first painting lessons at a private school operated by Charalambos Pachis.

In 1888, thanks to a scholarship from the Petrides Endowment, he was able to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, with Professors Domenico Morelli and Vincenzo Marinelli.

In addition to painting, he also dabbled in poetry and was an accomplished musician.

The Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu [el] has a special display room devoted to his paintings and those he collected.

His compositions are still played by local bands, and some of his poems were set to music by Iosif Kaisaris [el].