Theodoros Stamos (1922–1997) was a Greek-American artist and one of the youngest members of the New York School, the influential group of Abstract Expressionists that included Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Barnett Newman. Stamos’ work is known for its luminous color fields, gestural energy, and a profound sense of atmosphere, often evoking natural landscapes and elemental forces.

Influenced by both Surrealism and Eastern philosophy, Stamos developed a deeply personal style that moved fluidly between abstraction and organic forms. His paintings often convey a meditative stillness, where color and form seem to breathe and expand across the canvas. In series such as Infinity Field, Stamos explored vast, open spaces of color, suggesting an almost spiritual or metaphysical depth—an approach closely aligned with the Color Field painters.

As a first-generation Greek-American, Stamos’ heritage informed his sensitivity to the interplay between nature, mythology, and abstraction. His later works, particularly those inspired by his time in Greece, are suffused with Mediterranean light and an elemental intensity, bridging the landscapes of his ancestry with the expansive vision of Abstract Expressionism.

Though sometimes overshadowed by his more famous contemporaries, Stamos remains an important figure in modern art, celebrated for his ability to create paintings that feel both boundless and intimate—expressing emotion, time, and the vastness of existence through color and form.