Tetsis Home & Studio on Hydra Island

Grandparents' home of painter and academic Panagiotis Tetsis, which houses his works and studio.

 

In 2007, the Athens Academy member, painter Panagiotis Tetsis (Hydra island, 1925 – Athens, 2016) donated his grandparents’ home on Hydra Island to the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece, in order for it to become after his passing a museum housing his works and studio.

Tetsis grew up on the island, and this house is linked to his first attempts at painting and art in general. From the end of the 1980’s until recently he used it as his base on the island, having transformed the upper floor sitting room into a studio. The house is a typical hydriot home of the 19th- early 20th c. and was also used for the family’s professional activities: one aisle of the ground floor was devoted to a traditional candle manufactory and grocery shop-tavern. The donor’s wish was to have the house preserved as a unit, encompassing both the family home, and these workshop settings, including the wine cellar in the basement, all of which are preserved intact. His artist’s studio was to be enriched with a set of his own donated paintings.

Today, after thoroughly documenting the house and its contents, the artist’s works and the objects (furniture, utensils, drawings, family photographs, personal items, archives, studio materials, workshop objects, bottles and boxes, scales, tools, candlemaking tools etc), they are all put on display in a manner highlighting the particular value of the ensemble.

The Tetsis Home & Workshop is open to all visitors, upon request, in cooperation with the personnel of the Lazaros Koundouriotis Historic Mansion (LKHM), the National Historical Museum annex on Hydra island. Works of Tetsis, all depicting views of the island, are also on display on the upper floor of the LKHM.

Lazaros Koundouriotis Historic Mansion, Hydra 18040

Visiting hours: 10.00-16.00 daily, from March 25 to October 31

Tel.-fax: (+30) 22980 52421

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OPENING HOURS
September - June
Tuesday - Friday: 09.00-16.00
Saturday - Sunday: 10.00-16.00
July - August
Tuesday - Sunday: 10.00-16.00
Admission until: 15.30
TICKET PRICES
Full admission : € 5
Reduced admission : € 3
Free admission: Every Sunday, the International Museum Day (May 18th) and the following holidays:March 25th, October 28th.
MUSEUM SHOP
Opening hours Tuesday- Sunday 09:00-16:00