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Gregory Kondos

Gregory Kondos (1923 - 2021) was active/lived in California, Massachusetts.  Gregory Kondos is known for Modernist-leaning landscape painting.

A resident of Sacramento, California where he has a studio adjacent to his home, Kondos is known for bold, modernist landscape paintings---brightly lit canvases with big cobalt-blue skies, large areas of solid color, flowing rhythm, and simple design.  His work is intended to suggest lonely, solitary aspects of the land.

He was born to Greek immigrant parents in Lynn, Massachusetts, and moved with his family to Sacramento, California in 1927.  His parents encouraged his early art talent, and by 1941, he was attending Sacramento Junior College to study art, but was interrupted by three years on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

He later completed his degree, spent a year at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and then went to California State University in Sacramento, intending to teach college, which he did at Sacramento Junior College for 27 years.  He retired in 1982, and to honor him, students and fac   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4571 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Gregory Kondos


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
Art MediaArt Style
  • Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
Art SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Grand Canyon, Arizona
  • Yosemite National Park
Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Landscape Specialty

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