Background
Nikos Nikolaou was born in 1909 in Hydra, Attica, Greece.
Nikos Nikolaou was born in 1909 in Hydra, Attica, Greece.
In 1929 Nikolaou was admitted into the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Konstantinos Parthenis and Umbertos Argyros. In 1939 he received a scholarship to study in Paris.
In 1932, he had his first exhibition when he participated in the group exhibition of the Athens School of Fine Arts students and participated in the Parnassos exhibition. That same year, Nikolaou came to the defense of a new artist, Constantine Andreou, whose artwork was so lifelike he was accused of cheating. This was the start of a lifelong friendship between the two.
In 1937, Nikolaou follows Yiannis Moralis to Italy.
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.
In 1960 he moves to Aegina and his house becomes a meeting place for artists and other luminaries. A few years later, he manages to convince his long-time friend and colleague Andreou to buy a house on the island.
Portrait of a woman
Nude
Composition IIII
ο ζωγραφος ε. φρατζισκακης
Woman's back
Composition
Composition
Figure
Aigina II
Νικολάου Νίκος-Δημητριάδης Κώστας
Composition
Drawing of a woman
Figure
Study for Biennale works
Ύδρα
Figure
Portrait of a man
Composition
Figure
Houses
Nude on the beach
Composition III
Composition
Girls with guitars
Composition
Drawing
Head
Houses at Hydra
Composition
Portrait of a man
Drawing of a man
Figure
Νικολάου Νίκος-Λευκωσία 2
Figure
Drawing
In 1935 he became a member of the group "Free Artists" (Ελεύθεροι Καλλιτέχναι).