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Theofilos Museum Digital Archives THE ROUSSEAU OF GREECE Self-taught and authentic. Painter Theophilos Hatzimichail, known as Theophilos and often called the “Henri Rousseau of Greece”, has depicted folklore tradition in vivid colours incorporating in his paintings Mythology, Byzantium, and rural life. Today, his works of art are being auctioned at a price of 150,0