“Mr. [Vasilis] Dimitriou, 78, has never met a Hollywood star, but he has painted thousands of them. Nearly every week since the age of 15, he has immortalized legends of the screen in dreamlike friezes of love, anger, pride or temptation — often deftly, sometimes not, but always with flair. . . . Today, he is the last living movie billboard painter in Greece, and one of only a handful in Europe, his craft on the verge of extinction.” Read his fascinating story, and the story of his craft, here.
