Hi tahoeyearround,
I am confident the artist you are referring to is Gregory Kondos. The
following are some excerpts of his biography:
"Gregory Kondos paints the perceived colors of his environment,
whether that might be the forests of Northern California, the
mountainous Yosemite National Park, or the shores of his ancestral
Greece. Born in Massachusetts to Greek immigrant parents, Kondos moved
to California with his family at a young age. Encouraged by his
parents to live his particular version of the American Dream, Kondos
attended art school in Sacramento and Los Angeles. After taking
several art-related jobs and appointments, he began teaching at his
alma mater, Sacramento City College, in 1956, and continued to work
there until his retirement in 1982 (whereupon the school renamed their
exhibition space the Gregory Kondos Gallery)"
Medicine Man Gallery
http://www.medicinemangallery.com/bio/gkondos.html
"Recognized as one of the world's most prominent California landscape
artists, Gregory Kondos has won numerous prizes and has works in
permanent collections of many museums, including the Yosemite Museum,
where he has been a member of the Artist-in-Residence Program since
1989..."
(...)
"Raised in Sacramento by Greek immigrant parents, Kanela and Steve
Kondos, Mr. Kondos studied at Sacramento City College and later
received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Art at the California
State University at Sacramento. He taught at Sacramento City College
for 27 years and was the founder and director of the campus
gallery..."
Gregory Kondos
http://gregorykondos.com/bio.htm
"Gregory Kondos paints the perceived colors of his environment,
whether that might be the forests of Northern California, the
mountainous Yosemite National Park, or the shores of his ancestral
Greece."
(...)
"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
pleasing to the eye and speaks of the lonely, solitary aspects of the
land..."
(...)
"Kondos has an extensive exhibition history, including several one-
person shows at galleries in the Sacramento and San Francisco area and
group exhibitions, such as his 1993 invitation to show at the American
Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. Kondos has also served as an
artist-in-residence at Yosemite National Park (1990) and has spent
many summer months there.Gregory Kondos continues to live in
Sacramento with his wife, Moni Van Camp."
Google's Cache of Ask Art:
http://www.askart.com/artist/K/gregory_kondos.asp?ID=109429
Gregory Kondos Website:
http://gregorykondos.com/index.html
You can leave a message in the guestbook found on his website:
http://phoneland.bizland.com/guestbook.htm
More on the artist's life and his works:
Medicine Man Gallery
http://www.medicinemangallery.com/articles/gkondos.html
Some museums that include this artist in their collection are listed here:
http://www.askart.com/museums.asp?ID=109429
Contact Information for Gregory Kondos Art Gallery:
http://www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/CA/10953.htm
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I hope the information provided is helpful. If you have any questions
regarding my answer please don?t hesitate to ask before rating it.
Best regards,
Rainbow |
