The painter Gryspos (Grispos) Nikitas was born in Amorgos in 1873 and passed away in Athens in 1974.
He studied painting at the School of Arts under professors Spyridon Prosalentis, Nikiforos Lytras, and Konstantinos Volanakis, while simultaneously attending sculpture classes.
He worked as an art teacher (1920–1940) at the Practical High School of Volos and taught at the Volos School of Painting.
His painting operates within academic frameworks while utilizing Impressionist elements. His preferred subjects are genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. Works of his can be found in churches on Amorgos—hagiographies with Impressionist elements, but primarily in the Nazarene style, which he became acquainted with when he visited the German School of Arts.
He was honored with the Thomaideio and Chrysovergeio awards.
He held solo exhibitions in Volos and participated in group exhibitions in Volos and at the Panhellenic Exhibitions of 1939, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1973, among others.
Retrospective exhibitions of his work took place at “Parnassos” in 1973 and at the Zeringa Gallery in 1978.
His works are located at the National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum, the Municipal Art Gallery of Volos, the “Parnassos” Gallery, the Koutlidis Collection, the Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa-G. I. Katsigras Museum, and the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens.