He was born in Aivali (Kydonias) in Asia Minor in 1895. In 1913 he entered the third year of the School of Fine Arts in Athens. A few months later he left the school and left to continue his visual studies in Paris with financial help from his uncle. From 1933 he taught art history and painting at the American College, where he met Karolos Koun, and had as students the great painters Yiannis Tsarouchis and Nikos Eggonopoulos.
He was honored with many awards, the most important being the Athens Academy Award. He wrote studies on Byzantine art and works of travel literature and prose. The first appearance of Kontoglou in letters took place in 1918 with the publication of Pedro Kazas’s novella in limited copies. In 1928 his book Travels was published and in 1935 the Astrolabe. His writing activity (mainly religious) in the mid-1940s and until the end of his life is more intense.
- "Sunset Ride" Original work of art signed by Fofi Mouratidou. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Image dimensions: 100 x 70 cm Frame dimensions: 114 x 84 cm. Technique: Oil on canvas. Signed bottom right
