Nicholas Kalmakoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian painter (1873-1955)
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Place of Birth: Nervi, Liguria, Italy
About Nicholas Kalmakoff
- Nicholas Kalmakoff (Russian: ??????? ?????????????? ????????; 1873–1955), was a Russian symbolic artist whose work is characterised by motifs dealing with spirituality , occultism and sexuality .
- He lead the life of a hermit and died in obscurity.
- All this changed seven years after his death when, in 1962, Bertrand Collin du Bocage and Georges Martin du Nord discovered samples of his abandoned work in a large flea market to the north of Paris.
- Kalmakoff's works were finally exhibited at Galerie Motte Paris in February 1964.
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