藝苑掇英 Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas 尼科斯·哈極楷里科-革亞客斯 (1906-1994) Cubism Greek

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Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika was born in Athens on 26 February 1906. From early youth he showed a serious inclination towards drawing and, while still at school, he took painting lessons from Constantinos Parthenis.
In 1922 he went to Paris, taking lessons in painting and drawing from R. Bissière and D. Galanis at the Académie Ranson, while studying French literature and Aesthetics at the Sorbonne.
He first exhibited his work in Paris in 1923, at the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon des Surindépendants, and afterwards contributed to many group exhibitions.
His first one-man exhibition took place at the Galerie Percier in Paris in 1927. His first exhibition in Athens, held at the Strategopoulos Gallery in 1928, was shared with sculptor Michael Tombros.
In 1934, already a respected artist, he decided to leave Paris in order to settle in Athens. Between 1935 and 1937 he edited the periodical "To Trito Mati" ("The Third Eye") together with architect Pikionis, the poet Papatzonis and the director Karantinos.
In 1937 he restored the ancestral home of the Ghikas family in Hydra, where he painted the first works in which he expressed his artistic style decisively, combining the elements of Cubism with the nature, light and architecture of Greece.
He was appointed Professor of Drawing at the National Technical University of Athens School of Architecture in 1941, and continued to teach there until 1958.
In 1972 he was elected a regular member of the Academy of Athens and in 1986 an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He was also granted honorary doctorates by the School of Architecture at the University of Thessaloniki in 1982 and by the University of Athens School of Philosophy in 1991.
More than fifty exhibitions of Hadjikyriakos-Ghika’s works were held over the years in Athens, Paris, London, Geneva, Berlin and New York.
Examples of his work are to be found in many private collections in Greece, Western Europe and the USA, as well as in the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Tate Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery in Athens, and many other museums.
Apart from painting, drawing and sculpture, Hadjikyriakos-Ghika was also involved in designing stage sets and costumes for theatrical works such as Aristophanes’ "Clouds" (National Theatre of Greece, 1951; Comédie Française, 1952) and Gide’s ballet "Persephone", with music by Stravinsky (Covent Garden, 1961). He also illustrated a number of books, including N. Kazantzakis’ "Odyssey", Longos’ "Daphne and Chloe" and C.P. Cavafy’s "Poems". His writings include several books, studies and articles on architecture and aesthetics, as well as treatises on Greek art.
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas died on 3 September 1994.
尼科斯·哈極楷里科-革亞客斯 Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika於1906年2月26日出生於雅典。從早年開始，他就表現出嚴肅的繪畫傾向，在學校期間，他還從Constantinos Parthenis那裡學習繪畫課程。
1922年，他去了巴黎，在AcadémieRanson學習了R.Bissière和D. Galanis的繪畫和繪畫課程，同時在索邦大學學習法國文學和美學。
他於1923年首次在巴黎展出他的作品，在杜樂麗沙龍和SalondesSurindépendants，之後為許多團體展覽做出了貢獻。
他的第一次單人展覽於1927年在巴黎的Galerie Percier舉行。他於1928年在Strategopoulos畫廊舉辦的第一次雅典展覽與雕塑家Michael Tombros共享。
1934年，他已經是一位受人尊敬的藝術家，他決定離開巴黎，前往雅典定居。 1935年至1937年間，他與建築師Pikionis，詩人Papatzonis和導演Karantinos一起編輯了期刊“To Trito Mati”（“第三隻眼”）。
1937年，他恢復了九頭蛇的Ghikas家族的祖屋，在那裡他畫了第一部作品，他在其中果斷地表達了他的藝術風格，將立體主義的元素與希臘的自然，光和建築結合起來。
1941年，他被任命為雅典國立技術大學建築學院的繪畫教授，並一直在那裡任教至1958年。
1972年，他當選為雅典學院的正式成員，並於1986年成為倫敦皇家藝術學院的榮譽會員。 1982年，他還獲得了塞薩洛尼基大學建築學院的榮譽博士學位，並於1991年獲得了雅典大學哲學學院的榮譽博士學位。
他的作品的例子可以在希臘，西歐和美國的許多私人收藏中找到，也可以在巴黎的現代藝術博物館，倫敦的泰特美術館，紐約大都會藝術博物館，雅典國家美術館和許多其他博物館。
除了繪畫，繪畫和雕塑，Hadjikyriakos-Ghika還參與設計戲劇作品的舞台佈景和服裝，如阿里斯托芬的“雲”（希臘國家劇院，1951年; 1952年的ComédieFrançaise）和Gide的芭蕾舞劇“Persephone”，斯特拉文斯基的音樂（考文特花園，1961年）。他還展示了許多書籍，包括N. Kazantzakis的“奧德賽”，Longos的“Daphne和Chloe”以及C.P.卡瓦菲的“詩歌”。他的著作包括幾本關於建築和美學的書籍，研究和文章，以及關於希臘藝術的論文。
尼科斯·哈極楷里科-革亞客斯於1994年9月3日去世。