Bill komondor biography
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Born Vasileios Konstantinou Koumoundouros in Athens, Greece, Bill Komodore came to the United States after the war with his father in 1947.
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The family was based in Pensacola, Florida where Bill completed high school and learned English. Komodore studied at Tulane University from 1951 to 1957, receiving both a bachelor’s and graduate degree. He first studied science as a pre-medicine student then moved to painting in 1954.
His teachers at Tulane included Mark Rothko (a visiting professor in 1956), George Rickey, and David Smith.
Komodore received his first solo exhibition at the Haydon Calhoun Gallery in Dallas.
Bill komondor biography
The artist moved to New York in 1961. In 1963 Komodore discovered that his paintings of squares produced after-images and he became obsessed with exploring paintings that produced flickering, vibration, or after-images. These optically active works brought him to the attention of the dealer Howard Wise, whose gallery was becoming known for its avant-garde program of abstract