Aristomenis Angelopoulos (Greek, 1900-1990), Portrait of Andreas Nomikos

Oil, watercolor, and textured mixed media on canvas, 1947, signed at left edge, framed.

Stretcher size 24 x 20 in. Frame dimensions 27 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.

Dr. Andreas Nomikos was a teacher, artist, set designer, and professor emeritus of Theater at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was born in Alexandria Egypt in 1917 and studied at the University of Athens and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. In the 1950s he moved to New York, and designed opera sets for the City Center in New York and San Franciso Opera Company and abroad. Later, he taught at the University of Indiana at Bloomington at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1971 until his retirement.

Some age cracking and abrasion with associated losses and flaking; frame with light wear.