Nikos Nikolaou

b. 1909 — d. 1986

Nikos Nikolaou (Greek: Νίκος Νικολάου) (1909–1986) was one of the most important Greek artistsof the 20th century. In 1929 Nikolaou is admitted into the Athens School of Fine Arts where he studied under Konstantinos Parthenis and Umbertos Argyros. He first exhibited in group exhibitions of Athens School of Fine Arts and in 1935 he becomes a member of an art group called "Free Artists" (Ελεύθεροι Καλλιτέχναι). In 1937, Nikolaou follows Yiannis Moralis to Italy and in 1939 he receives a scholarship to study in Paris. In 1949 he formed, with other artists including Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Yannis Tsarouchis, Yiannis Moralis, Nikos Engonopoulos and Panayiotis Tetsis, the "Armos" art group. This group had its first exhibition in 1950 in Athens' Zappeion.