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Nassos Daphnis

Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (died 2010)

Born
July 23, 1914
Died
November 23, 2010
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1914

About Nassos Daphnis

Nassos Daphnis was a Greek-born American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder. During his service he was asked to put his skills as a painter to use and created camouflage for use on enormous military relief maps. He created approximately 500 tree peonies and 48 of them were named and registered with the American Tree Peony Society and further propagated. Daphnis received his first solo exhibition at the gallery, Pixel Fields, from September 17-October 24, 2015 and his diptych 4-A-78, 4-B-78, 1978 was included in the group exhibition, Ballet Mecanique from January 16-February 20, 2016.

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The world when Nassos Daphnis was born

Nassos Daphnis was born in 1914. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Nassos Daphnis's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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