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Charilaos Dikaios BIOGRAPHY
1911 Nicosia, Cyprus - 2009. Known for: Modernist, abstract figure, landscape and genre painting, architecture.
A Cypriot architect and painter, Charilaos Dikaios graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia in 1931 and until 1936 designed houses under the supervision of Odysseus Tsangarides (1907-74),... Read full biography
A Cypriot architect and painter, Charilaos Dikaios graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia in 1931 and until 1936 designed houses under the supervision of Odysseus Tsangarides (1907-74), Municipal Architect of Nicosia. Dikaios studied architecture and fine art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts... Read full biography
A Cypriot architect and painter, Charilaos Dikaios graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia in 1931 and until 1936 designed houses under the supervision of Odysseus Tsangarides (1907-74), Municipal Architect of Nicosia. Dikaios studied architecture and fine art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1937-40) and Lyon (1942-6), graduating from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, in 1946. He was a protegee of Tony Garnier, working with him in his studio, on the Cit? industrielle project, and... Read full biography
A Cypriot architect and painter, Charilaos Dikaios graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia in 1931 and until 1936 designed houses under the supervision of Odysseus Tsangarides (1907-74), Municipal Architect of Nicosia. Dikaios studied architecture and fine art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1937-40) and Lyon (1942-6), graduating from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, in 1946. He was a protegee of Tony Garnier, working with him in his studio, on the Cit? industrielle project, and this experience influenced his design aesthetic. His characteristic use of reinforced concrete was derived from exposure to the works of Auguste Perret. Dikaios returned to Cyprus in 1947 and simultaneously began painting and practising... Read full biography
A Cypriot architect and painter, Charilaos Dikaios graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia in 1931 and until 1936 designed houses under the supervision of Odysseus Tsangarides (1907-74), Municipal Architect of Nicosia. Dikaios studied architecture and fine art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1937-40) and Lyon (1942-6), graduating from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, in 1946. He was a protegee of Tony Garnier, working with him in his studio, on the Cit? industrielle project, and this experience influenced his design aesthetic. His characteristic use of reinforced concrete was derived from exposure to the works of Auguste Perret. Dikaios returned to Cyprus in 1947 and simultaneously began painting and practising architecture. In the 1950s, he primarily designed small private houses, some of which were avant-garde for Cyprus and... Read full biography
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A Cypriot architect and painter, Charilaos Dikaios graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia in 1931 and until 1936 designed houses under the supervision of Odysseus Tsangarides (1907-74), Municipal Architect of Nicosia.
Dikaios studied architecture and fine art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1937-40) and Lyon (1942-6), graduating from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, in 1946. He was a protegee of Tony Garnier, working with him in his studio, on the Cit? industrielle project, and this experience influenced his design aesthetic. His characteristic use of reinforced concrete was derived from exposure to the works of Auguste Perret.
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