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1910 Sparta, Greece - 1998. Known for: Abstract landscape and geometric design painting, graphics.
Theodore Hios (Greek-American 1910-1999) . During his six-decade painting career, the style of Theodore Hios occasionally turned abstract,* but he mostly hewed to expressive* portraits and especially... Read full biography
Theodore Hios (Greek-American 1910-1999) . During his six-decade painting career, the style of Theodore Hios occasionally turned abstract,* but he mostly hewed to expressive* portraits and especially visionary views of nature that were sometimes reminiscent of Marsden Hartley. These landscapes... Read full biography
Theodore Hios (Greek-American 1910-1999) . During his six-decade painting career, the style of Theodore Hios occasionally turned abstract,* but he mostly hewed to expressive* portraits and especially visionary views of nature that were sometimes reminiscent of Marsden Hartley. These landscapes often resembled the canyons and precipices around Tripi, the small Greek village where he was born in 1908. In 1929, after becoming disenchanted with law studies, Mr. Hios followed his father and a... Read full biography
Theodore Hios (Greek-American 1910-1999) . During his six-decade painting career, the style of Theodore Hios occasionally turned abstract,* but he mostly hewed to expressive* portraits and especially visionary views of nature that were sometimes reminiscent of Marsden Hartley. These landscapes often resembled the canyons and precipices around Tripi, the small Greek village where he was born in 1908. In 1929, after becoming disenchanted with law studies, Mr. Hios followed his father and a brother to New York, where he scraped together a living working mostly in restaurants. In 1934 he enrolled in a Works Progress Administration art class in a public school, and by 1937 was a working member of the W.P.A*. As a member of the American Artists'... Read full biography
Theodore Hios (Greek-American 1910-1999) . During his six-decade painting career, the style of Theodore Hios occasionally turned abstract,* but he mostly hewed to expressive* portraits and especially visionary views of nature that were sometimes reminiscent of Marsden Hartley. These landscapes often resembled the canyons and precipices around Tripi, the small Greek village where he was born in 1908. In 1929, after becoming disenchanted with law studies, Mr. Hios followed his father and a brother to New York, where he scraped together a living working mostly in restaurants. In 1934 he enrolled in a Works Progress Administration art class in a public school, and by 1937 was a working member of the W.P.A*. As a member of the American Artists' Union,* he had his first public showing with that organization in 1936. During World War II, Hi... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Harbor, Harbour View
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Non Objective Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art Association
- •American Art Union
- •Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Morris Kantor
- •Vaclav Vytlacil
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •New School For Social Research (The New School), Teacher
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Greek
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Art Union-
- •Silvermine Artists Guild
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts