Nikolaos Himonas (Greek: Νικόλαος Χειμώνας. Russian: Николай Петрович Химона; 25 September 1864 – 1 August 1929) was a painter and art teacher of Greek ancestry who was born in Russia and spent most of his life there. His name may also be transcribed in English as Heimonas or Cheimonas.

He was born in Yevpatoria. His father was a retired army sergeant from the Greek Battalion of Balaklava who had fought in the defense of Sebastopol during the Crimean War.^[1] His mother was descended from the Pontic Greeks who received asylum in Russia after the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74. He grew up in Yalta, where the family was engaged in commercial enterprises, and received a well-rounded education.

Later, he attended the Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy then, in 1889, began auditing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts, where his teachers included Ivan Shishkin and Arkhip Kuindzhi, with whom he became a lifelong friend.^[1] He graduated in 1897 and was able to travel with a group of Kuindzhi's students to Berlin, Dresden, Vienna and Paris.

In 1902, against her father's wishes, he married Olga Khitrova, a young woman from an old noble family who was only seventeen.^[2] Two years later, he made his first trip to Greece and stayed for a year. He taught painting at the "Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts" from 1897 until 1919.^[1] From 1900, he was the Inspector there, and became a full member in 1909, the year that he helped create the "Kuindzhi Artists' Society". In 1916, he was named an Academician.^[3]

• The Terrace of the Lions at Delos
• Santorini
• Amfissa
• Mystras