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Born 1948 Illinois. Known for: Mod-primitive expression-figure painting, sculpture.
Painter Nicholas Africano was born in 1948. As a former poet, with an interest in narrative art, his writing has always influenced his oil and acrylic canvases. Nicholas Africano was educated at... Read full biography
Painter Nicholas Africano was born in 1948. As a former poet, with an interest in narrative art, his writing has always influenced his oil and acrylic canvases. Nicholas Africano was educated at Illinois State University. During the late 1970s he was associated with the New Image painters and later... Read full biography
Painter Nicholas Africano was born in 1948. As a former poet, with an interest in narrative art, his writing has always influenced his oil and acrylic canvases. Nicholas Africano was educated at Illinois State University. During the late 1970s he was associated with the New Image painters and later in the 80s became known for his paintings and works on paper, which featured small, detached figures in fanciful, theatrical roles, often isolated in the center of his large canvases, with additional... Read full biography
Painter Nicholas Africano was born in 1948. As a former poet, with an interest in narrative art, his writing has always influenced his oil and acrylic canvases. Nicholas Africano was educated at Illinois State University. During the late 1970s he was associated with the New Image painters and later in the 80s became known for his paintings and works on paper, which featured small, detached figures in fanciful, theatrical roles, often isolated in the center of his large canvases, with additional work being created directly on gallery walls as well as on canvas. Africano began sculpting these small figures, experimenting first in clay, and then in glass, working at such major glass studios as Pilchuck in Seattle. These figures have evolved... Read full biography
Painter Nicholas Africano was born in 1948. As a former poet, with an interest in narrative art, his writing has always influenced his oil and acrylic canvases. Nicholas Africano was educated at Illinois State University. During the late 1970s he was associated with the New Image painters and later in the 80s became known for his paintings and works on paper, which featured small, detached figures in fanciful, theatrical roles, often isolated in the center of his large canvases, with additional work being created directly on gallery walls as well as on canvas. Africano began sculpting these small figures, experimenting first in clay, and then in glass, working at such major glass studios as Pilchuck in Seattle. These figures have evolved with the addition of, and experimentation with different pigments and finishes. The figures reflect the artist's personal experie... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramics
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Encaustic
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Neon Light, Projected Light, Illumination
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Plaster
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Art School
- •Pilchuck School of Glass, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Seavest Collection of Contemporary Realism
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art