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Victor Gatto PUBLICATIONS
1890 New York, New York - 1965 Miami, Florida. Known for: Primitive urban-landscape.
Born in New York City, he lived there most of his life, retiring to Miami, Florida shortly before his death. He was 45 before he began to paint, having boxed professionally and served in the US Navy... Read full biography
Born in New York City, he lived there most of his life, retiring to Miami, Florida shortly before his death. He was 45 before he began to paint, having boxed professionally and served in the US Navy . In 1938, he chanced upon an art show in Greenwich Village. Inspired, he began to paint and shortly... Read full biography
Born in New York City, he lived there most of his life, retiring to Miami, Florida shortly before his death. He was 45 before he began to paint, having boxed professionally and served in the US Navy . In 1938, he chanced upon an art show in Greenwich Village. Inspired, he began to paint and shortly after attracted critical attention including work exhibited at the Whitney Museum. His oil paintings are remarkably complex. He used brushes with only a few hairs for great detail and built them up... Read full biography
Born in New York City, he lived there most of his life, retiring to Miami, Florida shortly before his death. He was 45 before he began to paint, having boxed professionally and served in the US Navy . In 1938, he chanced upon an art show in Greenwich Village. Inspired, he began to paint and shortly after attracted critical attention including work exhibited at the Whitney Museum. His oil paintings are remarkably complex. He used brushes with only a few hairs for great detail and built them up layer after layer. He seemed tireless, sometimes working 36 hours straignt on his scenes of vibrant New York City.
Born in New York City, he lived there most of his life, retiring to Miami, Florida shortly before his death. He was 45 before he began to paint, having boxed professionally and served in the US Navy . In 1938, he chanced upon an art show in Greenwich Village. Inspired, he began to paint and shortly after attracted critical attention including work exhibited at the Whitney Museum. His oil paintings are remarkably complex. He used brushes with only a few hairs for great detail and built them up layer after layer. He seemed tireless, sometimes working 36 hours straignt on his scenes of vibrant New York City.
Victor Gatto - Artist Info
About Victor Gatto: Books
Books & Publications (13)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAmerican Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artists
1993Maresca, Frank, Roger Ricco298 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesAmerican Folk Paintings Paintings and Drawings Other Than Portraits
1988Rumford, Beatrix449 pages (color)American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century
1983Johnson, Jay; William Ketchum342 pages (color)The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981Rugoff, Milton669 pages (color)Collection of American Art Randolph-Macon Women's College
1977Williams, Mary Frances211 pages (color)Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)An American Collection The Neuberger Collection
1968Robbins, Daniel/David W Scott463 pages (color)American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
1950
(Exhibition catalog)Metropolitan Museum of Art60 pages