Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation museum — Attraction in Municipality of Marousi

Remember to go on the assigned hours.⏳

The secretary, Baso, explained us about the house, the neighborhood, the painter... She is a lovely woman with lots of energy and she has a great gift for commuicating.📣

Be aware that they do not have his paintings there because of lack of buget for security.💰 Three months a year, depending on the money given by theGreek Culture Ministery, they have an exhibit with real paintings.

You can see a few good Tsarouchis paintings at the Greece National Gallery.

Visiting his studio was very interesting to get into his world and made the contemplation of his works at the Greece National Gallery more nuanced.

Recommend if you are a...

I just visited this wonderful house and the paintings were temporarily moved to the Benaki museum, as the house was under reconstruction. I enjoyed the exhibit of his photos of the studio and the models, side by side with the final painting - which he didn't create from the photo. It was wonderful to see the creative process and how he would change the shapes and colours in order to build a stronger composition. But the best of the museum was the wonderful time that Vasso Tzouti spent, explaining to me some fascinating insights into Tsarouchis' art. I can't wait to return and visit it again, once his paintings...

Overall, my visit here was interesting. The home (and studio) of Tsarouchis, which now serves as a museum of his works, suffers from being a somewhat graceless construction (Tsarouchis himself was not pleased with it), while its cramped plot of land is closely flanked by the most boring of residential apartment buildings. It contains only a few of Tsarouchis' works, but they are representative of his painting output. I wouldn't travel the world to see this place, but it is of interest to the...