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Ioanni Korai (Greek: Ιωάννης Κοραής, c. 1781 – 1841; also known as Ioannis Korais or Kastrinos) was a Greek painter that shared the same name as his famous uncle Ioannis Korais.
He was a prominent painter on the Ionian Islands.
His family migrated to Zakynthos from Chios.
He was a member of the Heptanese School.
His contemporaries were Dionysios Kallivokas and Nikolaos Koutouzis.
He was taught painting by Ioannis Korais.
He was active during the Modern Greek Enlightenment and Greek romanticism in art.
He influenced countless Greek and Italian painters.
Korai brought Greek artwork into the Modern Greek art period.
Twelve of his paintings survived.
His most notable painting is a portrait of Kyriakos Chorafas painted in 1826.
The painting is at the National Gallery of Athens.