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Born 1948 Limassol, Cyprus. Known for: Abstract painting, teaching.
Kikos Lanitis was born 1948 in Limassol of Cyprus, but since 1961 and up to his coming of age he lived and studied in London. The 60s, a time in London when artists were trying to wean themselves... Read full biography
Kikos Lanitis was born 1948 in Limassol of Cyprus, but since 1961 and up to his coming of age he lived and studied in London. The 60s, a time in London when artists were trying to wean themselves from the avant-garde, will mark his life and his later artistic course strongly. In 1964 he left his... Read full biography
Kikos Lanitis was born 1948 in Limassol of Cyprus, but since 1961 and up to his coming of age he lived and studied in London. The 60s, a time in London when artists were trying to wean themselves from the avant-garde, will mark his life and his later artistic course strongly. In 1964 he left his family and lived alone, supported by a council grant for athletes. He studied painting at the Kingsway College, where he met young musicians and actors and worked with them as a stage designer. He... Read full biography
Kikos Lanitis was born 1948 in Limassol of Cyprus, but since 1961 and up to his coming of age he lived and studied in London. The 60s, a time in London when artists were trying to wean themselves from the avant-garde, will mark his life and his later artistic course strongly. In 1964 he left his family and lived alone, supported by a council grant for athletes. He studied painting at the Kingsway College, where he met young musicians and actors and worked with them as a stage designer. He spends time in a hippie commune; and took to the techniques of batik, developing them with his own experimenting, creating psychedelic patterns on second hand clothes. His first works are obviously influenced by the avant-garde exhibitions of that period... Read full biography
Kikos Lanitis was born 1948 in Limassol of Cyprus, but since 1961 and up to his coming of age he lived and studied in London. The 60s, a time in London when artists were trying to wean themselves from the avant-garde, will mark his life and his later artistic course strongly. In 1964 he left his family and lived alone, supported by a council grant for athletes. He studied painting at the Kingsway College, where he met young musicians and actors and worked with them as a stage designer. He spends time in a hippie commune; and took to the techniques of batik, developing them with his own experimenting, creating psychedelic patterns on second hand clothes. His first works are obviously influenced by the avant-garde exhibitions of that period in London. For instance, he set on fire painted sacks and threw them burning in the Thames and, after taking them... Read full biography