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    Kimon Nicolaїdes (1891–1938) was a Greek, American art teacher, author and artist. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France as a camouflage artist. Nicolaïdes was born in Washington, D.C., where his Greek-born father worked as an importer of Asian artifacts. His mother's American ancestors date back to the Colonial period. He made his living initially by a variety of jobs, including picture framing, journalism, and even by appearing once in a film as an extra, playing the role of an art student. Despite his family's opposition, he did in fact become an art student, during which he attended the Art Students' League in New York, where he studied with John Sloan and George Bridgman. At the Art Students League he met the avant gard couple Wilhelmina Weber Furlong and her husband Thomas Furlong (artist)[1]

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    Kimon Nicolaїdes (1891–1938) was a Greek, American art teacher, author and artist. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France as a camouflage artist. Nicolaïdes was born in Washington, D.C., where his Greek-born father worked as an importer of Asian artifacts. His mother's American ancestors date back to the Colonial period. He made his living initially by a variety of jobs, including picture framing, journalism, and even by appearing once in a film as an extra, playing the role of an art student. Despite his family's opposition, he did in fact become an art student, during which he attended the Art Students' League in New York, where he studied with John Sloan and George Bridgman. At the Art Students League he met the avant gard couple Wilhelmina Weber Furlong and her husband Thomas Furlong (artist)[1]

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    Kimon Nicolaїdes (1891–1938) was a Greek, American art teacher, author and artist. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France as a camouflage artist. Nicolaïdes was born in Washington, D.C., where his Greek-born father worked as an importer of Asian artifacts. His mother's American ancestors date back to the Colonial period. He made his living initially by a variety of jobs, including picture framing, journalism, and even by appearing once in a film as an extra, playing the role of an art student. Despite his family's opposition, he did in fact become an art student, during which he attended the Art Students' League in New York, where he studied with John Sloan and George Bridgman. At the Art Students League he met the avant gard couple Wilhelmina Weber Furlong and her husband Thomas Furlong (artist)[1]

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    Kimon Nicolades
    Kimon Nicolades (18911938) was a Greek, American brief, he taught drawing by (1) exploring the edge of the
    art teacher, author and artist. During World War I, he subject with 'contour drawing', (2) encouraging free and
    served in the U.S. Army in France as a camouage artist. rapid 'gesture drawing', (3) encouraging tonal drawings of
    weight or mass, and (4) (most importantly) prescribing a
    daily exercise of 'memory drawing'.

    Early life
    5 References

    Nicolades was born in Washington, D.C., where his


    Greek-born father worked as an importer of Asian artifacts. His mothers American ancestors date back to the
    Colonial period. He made his living initially by a variety
    of jobs, including picture framing, journalism, and even
    by appearing once in a lm as an extra, playing the role of
    an art student. Despite his familys opposition, he did in
    fact become an art student, during which he attended the
    Art Students League in New York, where he studied with
    John Sloan and George Bridgman. At the Art Students
    League he met the avant gard couple Wilhelmina Weber
    Furlong and her husband Thomas Furlong (artist)[1]

    [1] The Biography of Wilhelmina Weber Furlong: The Treasured Collection of Golden Heart Farm by Clint B. Weber,
    ISBN 978-0-9851601-0-4
    [2] Art Students League of New York - Instructors and Lecturers - Past and Present
    [3] Houghton Miin - bio
    [4] Mamie Harmon Papers Relating to Kimon Nicolaides,
    1935-1985 / Archives of American Art

    Camouage service

    He served in the U.S. Army in France during World War


    I, where he was one of the rst American camouage
    artists, serving in the same unit as Barry Faulkner, Sherry
    Edmundson Fry, Abraham Rattner and others. Among
    his wartime duties, he often worked with contour maps.

    Teaching career

    Following World War I, he returned to New York to teach


    at the Art Students League.[2][3] In the process, he developed a method of teaching drawing that he shared in the
    world famous and widely used The Natural Way to Draw
    (1941).

    His inuence

    At the time of Nicolades death, the manuscript for The


    Natural Way to Draw was incomplete. A close friend
    and former student, Mamie Harmon, oversaw its completion and its publication in 1941. (Harmons papers are
    available in the Archives of American Art.).[4] His inuence on the teaching of drawing has been long-lasting
    and substantial, and his book is still in use today. In
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    Kimon Nicolades Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimon_Nicola%C3%AFdes?oldid=666776015 Contributors: Stan Shebs,


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