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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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Keywords (36)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •France After 1900
Art Association
- •Salons of America
Art Teacher
- •George Bridgman
- •John Sloan
- •Kenneth Hayes Miller
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Camouflage Artist
- •Drawing Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art