Nassos daphnis biography sample

American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder

Nassos Daphnis (July 23, 1914 in Krokeai, Greece – November 23, 2010 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a Greek-born American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder.

Army Service: 1942–1945

Daphnis served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945.

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During his service he was asked to put his skills as a painter to use and created camouflage for use on enormous military relief maps. It is speculated by some art critics that it was while painting camouflage that Daphnis developed the signature flatness later recognizable in his abstract geometric paintings.

Education and Training

While Daphnis is generally regarded as a self-taught artist, though he did pursue some formal training.

Following his military service, Daphnis trained at the Art Students League of New York. From 1949-1951, Daphnis studied in Paris. From 1951-1952, he continued his studies at the Istituto Statale D'Art Oral history interview with Nassos Daphnis, 1968 April 9 PUT