Yiannis Moralis, one of the greatest Greek painters of the so-called "Generation of the '30s" and who had many distinctions both at home and abroad, passed away on Sunday at the age of 93.

   Moralis was born in the city of Arta, in western Greece, in 1916 and settled permanently in Athens in 1927. At the age of 15 he was accepted at the Fine Arts School in Athens and in 1936 he left for Rome with a scholarship.

   In 1949, he and several Greek artists founded the artistic group "Armos" and organised the first joint exhibition at the Zappion Hall in 1950, while in 1954 he began his cooperation with the Greek Theatre, first with the Art Theatre and then with the National Theatre.

   He was honoured with a painting award in 1940 for the first time and works of his belong to public and private collections in Greece and abroad.