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Val Costello BIOGRAPHY
1875 Marlon, Kansas - 1937 Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 1937.. Known for: Modernist imagery.
Born in Marion, Kansas on Feb. 14, 1875, Costello returned to Los Angeles in 1912 after a short time in New York. He remained a self-taught painter except for a brief period at the Art Students... Read full biography
Born in Marion, Kansas on Feb. 14, 1875, Costello returned to Los Angeles in 1912 after a short time in New York. He remained a self-taught painter except for a brief period at the Art Students League of Los Angeles where he later was director from 1912-23. During the 1920s he was a successful... Read full biography
Born in Marion, Kansas on Feb. 14, 1875, Costello returned to Los Angeles in 1912 after a short time in New York. He remained a self-taught painter except for a brief period at the Art Students League of Los Angeles where he later was director from 1912-23. During the 1920s he was a successful businessman and painted in his leisure. During the 1930s he worked on the Federal Art Project as assistant to James Redmond on the Compton Post Office mural. Costello died in Los Angeles on May 8, 1937.... Read full biography
Born in Marion, Kansas on Feb. 14, 1875, Costello returned to Los Angeles in 1912 after a short time in New York. He remained a self-taught painter except for a brief period at the Art Students League of Los Angeles where he later was director from 1912-23. During the 1920s he was a successful businessman and painted in his leisure. During the 1930s he worked on the Federal Art Project as assistant to James Redmond on the Compton Post Office mural. Costello died in Los Angeles on May 8, 1937. An advocate of modernism, his canvases were considered avant garde during his lifetime. Exh: . LA Painters Club, 1909; Chautaugua Ass'n (Long Beach), 1910; San Francisco Art Association, 1911-13; Calif. Art Club, 1910-29; LACMA, 1921 (with Nick... Read full biography
Born in Marion, Kansas on Feb. 14, 1875, Costello returned to Los Angeles in 1912 after a short time in New York. He remained a self-taught painter except for a brief period at the Art Students League of Los Angeles where he later was director from 1912-23. During the 1920s he was a successful businessman and painted in his leisure. During the 1930s he worked on the Federal Art Project as assistant to James Redmond on the Compton Post Office mural. Costello died in Los Angeles on May 8, 1937. An advocate of modernism, his canvases were considered avant garde during his lifetime. Exh: . LA Painters Club, 1909; Chautaugua Ass'n (Long Beach), 1910; San Francisco Art Association, 1911-13; Calif. Art Club, 1910-29; LACMA, 1921 (with Nick Brigante); Calif. WC Society, 1922-23; Pacific SW Expo (Long Beach), 1928 (bronze medal); Zeitlin Book Shop (LA), . Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in... Read full biography
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Born in Marion, Kansas on Feb. 14, 1875, Costello returned to Los Angeles in 1912 after a short time in New York. He remained a self-taught painter except for a brief period at the Art Students League of Los Angeles where he later was director from 1912-23.
During the 1920s he was a successful businessman and painted in his leisure. During the 1930s he worked on the Federal Art Project as assistant to James Redmond on the Compton Post Office mural. Costello died in Los Angeles on May 8, 1937. An advocate of modernism, his canvases were considered avant garde during his lifetime.
Exh:
LA Painters Club, 1909; Chautaugua Ass'n (Long Beach), 1910; San Francisco Art Association, 1911-13; Calif. Art Cl
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1917-33; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); California Arts and Architecture list, 1932.
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