Camoupedia: A Compendium of Research on Art, Architecture and Camouflage
2009Behrens, Roy R.
461 pages
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1892 Washington, D.C. - 1938 New York City. Known for: Drawing, abstract painting, teaching, camouflage and map making.
Kimon Nicolaides was born in Washington DC in 1891. He grew up exposed to the aesthetic experience because his Greek father imported Asian artefacts. He knew early that he wanted to be a painter, and... Read full biography
Kimon Nicolaides was born in Washington DC in 1891. He grew up exposed to the aesthetic experience because his Greek father imported Asian artefacts. He knew early that he wanted to be a painter, and faced with his parents’ opposition, he ended by running away from home to go to New York. There he... Read full biography
Kimon Nicolaides was born in Washington DC in 1891. He grew up exposed to the aesthetic experience because his Greek father imported Asian artefacts. He knew early that he wanted to be a painter, and faced with his parents’ opposition, he ended by running away from home to go to New York. There he enrolled at the Art Students League, and supported himself with odd jobs ranging from being a film extra (he played an art student!) to framing pictures. His father eventually relented when he saw his... Read full biography
Kimon Nicolaides was born in Washington DC in 1891. He grew up exposed to the aesthetic experience because his Greek father imported Asian artefacts. He knew early that he wanted to be a painter, and faced with his parents’ opposition, he ended by running away from home to go to New York. There he enrolled at the Art Students League, and supported himself with odd jobs ranging from being a film extra (he played an art student!) to framing pictures. His father eventually relented when he saw his son’s devotion to his vocation, and paid for his studies. Nicolaides volunteered when World War I broke out, serving as a camouflage artist for the US. Interestingly, part of his duties entailed work on contour maps, which would seem to have been... Read full biography
Kimon Nicolaides was born in Washington DC in 1891. He grew up exposed to the aesthetic experience because his Greek father imported Asian artefacts. He knew early that he wanted to be a painter, and faced with his parents’ opposition, he ended by running away from home to go to New York. There he enrolled at the Art Students League, and supported himself with odd jobs ranging from being a film extra (he played an art student!) to framing pictures. His father eventually relented when he saw his son’s devotion to his vocation, and paid for his studies. Nicolaides volunteered when World War I broke out, serving as a camouflage artist for the US. Interestingly, part of his duties entailed work on contour maps, which would seem to have been how he came to later develop his famous “contour drawing” method for teaching drawing. After the war Nicolai... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999Steiner, Raymond J0 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesThe Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study
1990Nicolaides, Kimon240 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesWhitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)American Art of the 20's and 30's (Three Catalogues Combined)
1969
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Modern Art Editors220 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages