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1911 Taiwan, Japan - 1989 New York City. Known for: Abstract polyester resin sculpture.
Dedicated to making abstract sculptured objects from plastic materials, Leo Amino was especially focused on materials that convey transparency . He often worked with resin, especiallly after World... Read full biography
Dedicated to making abstract sculptured objects from plastic materials, Leo Amino was especially focused on materials that convey transparency . He often worked with resin, especiallly after World War II when plastic had been developed as a substitute for materials needed for the war. Leo Amino... Read full biography
Dedicated to making abstract sculptured objects from plastic materials, Leo Amino was especially focused on materials that convey transparency . He often worked with resin, especiallly after World War II when plastic had been developed as a substitute for materials needed for the war. Leo Amino wrote of the beauty he found in transparent objects: "The shimmering colors of red or white wine in cut crystal glasses under candlelight never ceases to give great pleasure . Dealing with transparency,... Read full biography
Dedicated to making abstract sculptured objects from plastic materials, Leo Amino was especially focused on materials that convey transparency . He often worked with resin, especiallly after World War II when plastic had been developed as a substitute for materials needed for the war. Leo Amino wrote of the beauty he found in transparent objects: "The shimmering colors of red or white wine in cut crystal glasses under candlelight never ceases to give great pleasure . Dealing with transparency, one becomes very conscious of the effects of different kinds of light." Herskovic 30). Amino was born in Taiwan of Japanese parents and emigrated to the United States in 1929. Living in various parts of the country, he became a citizen in 1958 and... Read full biography
Dedicated to making abstract sculptured objects from plastic materials, Leo Amino was especially focused on materials that convey transparency . He often worked with resin, especiallly after World War II when plastic had been developed as a substitute for materials needed for the war. Leo Amino wrote of the beauty he found in transparent objects: "The shimmering colors of red or white wine in cut crystal glasses under candlelight never ceases to give great pleasure . Dealing with transparency, one becomes very conscious of the effects of different kinds of light." Herskovic 30). Amino was born in Taiwan of Japanese parents and emigrated to the United States in 1929. Living in various parts of the country, he became a citizen in 1958 and died in that city on December 1, 1989. From 1929 to 1933, he was in California, where he studied at San Mateo Junior College. Fro... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesAmerican Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey
2003Herskovic, Marika (editor)372 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesGreenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection
1995Severens, Martha R289 pages (color)The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesNature in Abstraction Relation to Nature in 20th Century Art
1958
(Exhibition catalog)Baur, John I H72 pages (color)The New Decade 35 American Painters and Sculptors
1955
(Exhibition catalog)Baur, John I H/Rosalind Irvine96 pagesThe Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery)
1955
(Exhibition catalog)Hayes, Bartlett H Jr112 pages (color)