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Loukia Nicolaidou BIOGRAPHY
1909 Limassol, Cyprus - 1993. Known for: Abstract, atmospheric landscape painting.
Nicolaidou was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1909. Upon high-school graduation she enrolled at ABC School in Paris, receiving painting lessons by correspondence for a year. In 1929 she became the first... Read full biography
Nicolaidou was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1909. Upon high-school graduation she enrolled at ABC School in Paris, receiving painting lessons by correspondence for a year. In 1929 she became the first Cypriot woman to study abroad at the Colarossi Academy in Paris for a year. She then was accepted... Read full biography
Nicolaidou was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1909. Upon high-school graduation she enrolled at ABC School in Paris, receiving painting lessons by correspondence for a year. In 1929 she became the first Cypriot woman to study abroad at the Colarossi Academy in Paris for a year. She then was accepted at the Ecole nationale Superieure des Bauex-Arts, at the famous atelier of professor Loucien Simon. Upon her graduation she returned to Cyprus and had her first personal exhibition in April 1933 at the... Read full biography
Nicolaidou was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1909. Upon high-school graduation she enrolled at ABC School in Paris, receiving painting lessons by correspondence for a year. In 1929 she became the first Cypriot woman to study abroad at the Colarossi Academy in Paris for a year. She then was accepted at the Ecole nationale Superieure des Bauex-Arts, at the famous atelier of professor Loucien Simon. Upon her graduation she returned to Cyprus and had her first personal exhibition in April 1933 at the Papdopoulos Mansion, Nicosia, but had a poor response from the Cyprus public. In 1937 she left Cyprus for London, where her older sister had settled. In 1939 she participated in a group exhibition with well known artists, and her work made quite an... Read full biography
Nicolaidou was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1909. Upon high-school graduation she enrolled at ABC School in Paris, receiving painting lessons by correspondence for a year. In 1929 she became the first Cypriot woman to study abroad at the Colarossi Academy in Paris for a year. She then was accepted at the Ecole nationale Superieure des Bauex-Arts, at the famous atelier of professor Loucien Simon. Upon her graduation she returned to Cyprus and had her first personal exhibition in April 1933 at the Papdopoulos Mansion, Nicosia, but had a poor response from the Cyprus public. In 1937 she left Cyprus for London, where her older sister had settled. In 1939 she participated in a group exhibition with well known artists, and her work made quite an impression. After her marriage to shipowner Ioannis Vassiliou she gradualy witdrew from artistic activities.
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Nicolaidou was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1909. Upon high-school graduation she enrolled at ABC School in Paris, receiving painting lessons by correspondence for a year. In 1929 she became the first Cypriot woman to study abroad at the Colarossi Academy in Paris for a year. She then was accepted at the Ecole nationale Superieure des Bauex-Arts, at the famous atelier of professor Loucien Simon.
Upon her graduation she returned to Cyprus and had her first personal exhibition in April 1933 at the Papdopoulos Mansion, Nicosia, but had a poor response from the Cyprus public. In 1937 she left Cyprus for London, where her older sister had settled. In 1939 she participated in a group exhibition with well known ...But wait, there's more...
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