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1914 Krokeai, Greece - 2010 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Known for: Geometric abstract painting, sculpture.
Nassos Daphnis was born in Krockeai, Greece on July 23, 1914. He came to the United States in 1930. Self-taught, he had his first one-man exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, in... Read full biography
Nassos Daphnis was born in Krockeai, Greece on July 23, 1914. He came to the United States in 1930. Self-taught, he had his first one-man exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, in 1938 and in 1969 he had retrospectives at Albright-Knox in Buffalo, New York and the Everson Museum of... Read full biography
Nassos Daphnis was born in Krockeai, Greece on July 23, 1914. He came to the United States in 1930. Self-taught, he had his first one-man exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, in 1938 and in 1969 he had retrospectives at Albright-Knox in Buffalo, New York and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. He is represented at the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is best known as a member of a group of young painters who, in the late 1950s, broke... Read full biography
Nassos Daphnis was born in Krockeai, Greece on July 23, 1914. He came to the United States in 1930. Self-taught, he had his first one-man exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, in 1938 and in 1969 he had retrospectives at Albright-Knox in Buffalo, New York and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. He is represented at the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is best known as a member of a group of young painters who, in the late 1950s, broke away from abstract expressionism with its emphasis on gestural and expressive brushstrokes and explored the hard edge color image. He favored clear and sharp images which formed an incomplete gestalt, carrying the eye outside the limits of the canvas.... Read full biography
Nassos Daphnis was born in Krockeai, Greece on July 23, 1914. He came to the United States in 1930. Self-taught, he had his first one-man exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, in 1938 and in 1969 he had retrospectives at Albright-Knox in Buffalo, New York and the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. He is represented at the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is best known as a member of a group of young painters who, in the late 1950s, broke away from abstract expressionism with its emphasis on gestural and expressive brushstrokes and explored the hard edge color image. He favored clear and sharp images which formed an incomplete gestalt, carrying the eye outside the limits of the canvas. He taught at Horace Mann School, New York. Daphnis continued to pursue the intricacies of... Read full biography
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About Nassos Daphnis: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsBoca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Everson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Swope Art Museum
25 South Seventh Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807The Empire State Plaza Art Collection
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12242The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014