West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo Scanga's lithographs speak of the quality of light in Italy, where he was born in 1932. They also tell of life in America, where he has lived since his teens, as well as the cultural and physical landscape... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo Scanga's lithographs speak of the quality of light in Italy, where he was born in 1932. They also tell of life in America, where he has lived since his teens, as well as the cultural and physical landscape of New Mexico, where Scanga spent a summer in 1989 on a fellowship at the Tamarind Lithographic Institute. Italo Scanga works as an artist in many mediums. Like Scanga's personal origins, his works lead to thoughts of how many languages a single... Read full biography
West coast artist, Italo Scanga, came to America from Italy in 1947, at age 15, with his family. He has taught art at the University of California, San Diego, since 1978, and has been a frequent artist-in-residence and teacher at Pilchuck, the art-glass school in Stanwood, Washington. Italo Scanga's lithographs speak of the quality of light in Italy, where he was born in 1932. They also tell of life in America, where he has lived since his teens, as well as the cultural and physical landscape of New Mexico, where Scanga spent a summer in 1989 on a fellowship at the Tamarind Lithographic Institute. Italo Scanga works as an artist in many mediums. Like Scanga's personal origins, his works lead to thoughts of how many languages a single artist may use. One doesn't ordinarily think of lithographs as "talking," but that's an appropriate notion for the exuberant graphics of Italo... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (9)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Art Enterprises: Selections from the Collection
2000
Skold, Stacey (compiler)
195 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Tandem Press: Five Years Of Collaboration and Experimentation
1993
Stevens, Andrew (essay)
116 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present