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1897 Benevento, Italy - 1984 Bronxville, New York. Known for: Poster art, female figure, illustration.
Armando Seguso (Benevento, Italy, 1897- Bronxville, New York, 1984) Painter, Illustrator, Musician. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of four and received his early... Read full biography
Armando Seguso (Benevento, Italy, 1897- Bronxville, New York, 1984) Painter, Illustrator, Musician. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of four and received his early education in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. A talent for the violin launched him into a career as a musician... Read full biography
Armando Seguso (Benevento, Italy, 1897- Bronxville, New York, 1984) Painter, Illustrator, Musician. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of four and received his early education in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. A talent for the violin launched him into a career as a musician and after earning fame at the age seventeen for a waltz composition Dream of Mother, Seguso came to New York four years later to study painting at the National Academy of Design, which he financed by... Read full biography
Armando Seguso (Benevento, Italy, 1897- Bronxville, New York, 1984) Painter, Illustrator, Musician. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of four and received his early education in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. A talent for the violin launched him into a career as a musician and after earning fame at the age seventeen for a waltz composition Dream of Mother, Seguso came to New York four years later to study painting at the National Academy of Design, which he financed by playing violin in a cabaret - a job which ended when he barely escaped a bullet in a fracas. He switched to less lucrative, somewhat safer jobs, playing in vaudeville and movie pit orchestras. Seguso joined a commercial art studio, where his elegant... Read full biography
Armando Seguso (Benevento, Italy, 1897- Bronxville, New York, 1984) Painter, Illustrator, Musician. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of four and received his early education in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. A talent for the violin launched him into a career as a musician and after earning fame at the age seventeen for a waltz composition Dream of Mother, Seguso came to New York four years later to study painting at the National Academy of Design, which he financed by playing violin in a cabaret - a job which ended when he barely escaped a bullet in a fracas. He switched to less lucrative, somewhat safer jobs, playing in vaudeville and movie pit orchestras. Seguso joined a commercial art studio, where his elegant oil and brushwork technique, influenced by Gainsborough and Titian, attracted such art directors as MGM's Hal Burrows... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Poster Art, Poster Design
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Female Figure and/or Portrait Specialty
- •Figure Specialty