Theo Hios

Theo Hios

  • American 1908–1999

Theo Hios was born in the small Greek village of Tripi in 1908. In 1929 Hios followed his father and brother to New York, and five years later enrolled in a Works Progress Administration art class in a public school. By 1937 he was a working member of the W.P.A. During World War II he served as a Marine combat photographer in the Pacific. After the war he studied at the Art Students League with Morris Kantor and Vaclav Vytlacil and had his first solo show in New York at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in 1947. During his six-decade painting career, his style occasionally turned abstract, but he was mostly admired for the social realism of his expressive portraits and for his visionary views of nature that were sometimes reminiscent of Marsden Hartley. He divided his time between New York City and Hampton Bays, where he had a home from 1949 until his death in 1999.

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  • Dancing Pines, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

  • In the 1950s, artists from the extended "Koumbaroi" family would hold "open house" in the summer, inviting the public to visit their studios. This map, published in the Southampton Press in 1954, was prepared to guide visitors
    • In the 1950s, artists from the extended "Koumbaroi" family would hold "open house" in the summer, inviting the public to visit their studios. This map, published in the Southampton Press in 1954, was prepared to guide visitors

    Photograph courtesy Southampton Press, Southampton, New York

  • Ink Plant, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn and the Artist, Littlejohn Collection

  • Inversion, Theo Hios
    • Inversion, 1973
    • Screen print
    • Image: 23 x 19 inches; Sheet: 28 1/2 x 23 inches
    • 1980.11.7

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Involution, Theo Hios
    • Involution, 1974
    • Screen print
    • Image: 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches; Sheet 28 1/2 x 23 inches
    • 1980.11.5

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Involution #2, Theo Hios
    • Involution #2, 1974
    • Screen print
    • Image: 24 1/2 x 19 11/16 inches; Sheet 29 x 23 inches
    • 1980.11.4

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Meteora, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton NY, Gift of the Artist

  • Moonlight Pines, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Phoebus #2, Theo Hios
    • Phoebus #2, 1972
    • Screen print
    • Image: 23 x 19 inches; Sheet: 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
    • 1980.11.1

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Phoebus #3, Theo Hios
    • Phoebus #3, 1972
    • Screen print
    • Image: 23 x 19 inches; Sheet: 28 1/2 x 22 9/16 inches
    • 1980.11.3

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Phoebus #7, Theo Hios
    • Phoebus #7, 1972
    • Screen print
    • Image: 23 x 19 inches; Sheet: 28 5/16 x 23 inches
    • 1980.11.2

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Pines in Bloom, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Pines in Bloom, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Rooster, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Bequest of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

  • Santorini, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

  • Swan, Theo Hios
    • Swan, 1939
    • (not assigned)
    • 12 1/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 inches
    • 1961.3.57

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Bequest of Mrs. Robert Malcolm Littlejohn, Littlejohn Collection

  • Systole and Diastole, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • The Waterfall, Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of the Artist

  • Theo Hios in his studio, 1979
    • Theo Hios in his studio, 1979

    Photograph by B. Drum. Reprinted from Koumbaroi: Four Artists of the Shinnecock Hills. Photograph courtesy Fine Arts Gallery, Long Island University, Southampton College, Southampton, New York

  • Thunderbolt (13/30), Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled (1/14), Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled (2/24), Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled (28/30), Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled (7/20), Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled (9/14), Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled 10/12, Theo Hios
    • Untitled 10/12, 1971
    • Screen print
    • Image: 14 7/8 x 12 inches; Sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
    • 1980.11.14

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled 12/20, Theo Hios
    • Untitled 12/20, 1971
    • Screen print
    • Image: 19 7/8 x 12 inches; Sheet: 19 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches
    • 1980.11.15

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth

  • Untitled, A.P., Theo Hios

    The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth