Famous People with Name Kamban

Janus Kamban            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Janus Kamban: is a Faroese sculptor and last living representative from the "first generation" of professional artists in the Faroe Islands. Kamban is the first and most important sculptor in the Faroe Islands. In 1930 he went to Copenhagen to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts to study painting, but soon changed his direction and attended the School of Sculpture in the Art Academy from 1932 to 1935 and from 1938 to 1940, where he studied under Professor Einar Utzon-Frank. Study tours in the 1930s led him to Paris, Florence, Oslo and Stockholm. In his Copenhagen studio he organized the first exhibition of Faroese Art in Denmark. In addition to his own works, it included works by Gudmund Hentze, Sámal Joensen-Mikines, Elin Borg Lützen, Ruth Smith and Ingolf Jacobsen.

Iakovos Kambanelis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Iakovos Kambanelis: Kambanelis is currently one of the most popular Greek artists living in Athens. A survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, he authored a Mauthausen cantata[1] with music by Mikis Theodorakis[2]. He also authored at least 12 films, two of which he directed himself. In addition, he is known as a song author. He is also a member of the board of Morfotiko Idryma Ethnikis Trapezis cultural society,