Abstract
Type:Painting
Year:1959
Size:28.00" x 22.00"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Signed and Dated
John Grillo ART FOR SALE
1917 Lawrence, Massachusetts - 2014. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, sculpture, prints.
Post War California artist, John Grillo was known as one of the most aggressive West Coast artists to pursue Abstract Expressionism and painted in gouache, watercolor and poster-based water paints as... Read full biography
Post War California artist, John Grillo was known as one of the most aggressive West Coast artists to pursue Abstract Expressionism and painted in gouache, watercolor and poster-based water paints as well as oil. In addition, he was also a sculptor, printmaker and art educator. Grillo was born in... Read full biography
Post War California artist, John Grillo was known as one of the most aggressive West Coast artists to pursue Abstract Expressionism and painted in gouache, watercolor and poster-based water paints as well as oil. In addition, he was also a sculptor, printmaker and art educator. Grillo was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and studied at the Hartford Art School, 1935-1938; California School of Fine Arts, 1945-1947; with Hans Hoffman in New York and the Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts,... Read full biography
Post War California artist, John Grillo was known as one of the most aggressive West Coast artists to pursue Abstract Expressionism and painted in gouache, watercolor and poster-based water paints as well as oil. In addition, he was also a sculptor, printmaker and art educator. Grillo was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and studied at the Hartford Art School, 1935-1938; California School of Fine Arts, 1945-1947; with Hans Hoffman in New York and the Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1948-1951. Grillo remained active in Provincetown, Massachusetts during much of his career. He received the Ford Foundation grant to work at Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1964 and the Ford Foundation... Read full biography
Post War California artist, John Grillo was known as one of the most aggressive West Coast artists to pursue Abstract Expressionism and painted in gouache, watercolor and poster-based water paints as well as oil. In addition, he was also a sculptor, printmaker and art educator. Grillo was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and studied at the Hartford Art School, 1935-1938; California School of Fine Arts, 1945-1947; with Hans Hoffman in New York and the Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1948-1951. Grillo remained active in Provincetown, Massachusetts during much of his career. He received the Ford Foundation grant to work at Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1964 and the Ford Foundation artist-in-residence grant at Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1964. He taught at the New School for Social Research, New York, 1964-19... Read full biography
John Grillo - Art for Sale (5 available)
Ice Scape, 1957
Type:Painting
Year:1957
Size:24.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Provenance: From the estate of the artist to David Hall Gallery. Exhibited: Bertha Schaefer Gallery, NY.
Abstract, 1958
Type:Painting
Year:1958
Size:72.00" x 52.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Abstract
Type:Painting
Year:1964
Size:26.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Lower Right
Abstract
Type:Painting
Year:1960
Size:22.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Signed and Dated