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1933 Toledo, Ohio - 2019 Urbana, IL. Known for: Mod sculptor-life size female figure.
Frank Gallo has worked primarily from the human form. The sculptor was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933, and from 1960, was professor of sculpture at the University of Illinois. He studied art from 1951... Read full biography
Frank Gallo has worked primarily from the human form. The sculptor was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933, and from 1960, was professor of sculpture at the University of Illinois. He studied art from 1951 to 1959 at the University of Toledo, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the... Read full biography
Frank Gallo has worked primarily from the human form. The sculptor was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933, and from 1960, was professor of sculpture at the University of Illinois. He studied art from 1951 to 1959 at the University of Toledo, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the State University of Iowa. In the late 1950s, he began to use the material polyester resin reinforced with fiberglass, which gives his sculpture a viscous finish. Although he is noted for his studies of... Read full biography
Frank Gallo has worked primarily from the human form. The sculptor was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933, and from 1960, was professor of sculpture at the University of Illinois. He studied art from 1951 to 1959 at the University of Toledo, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the State University of Iowa. In the late 1950s, he began to use the material polyester resin reinforced with fiberglass, which gives his sculpture a viscous finish. Although he is noted for his studies of women, some of whom are fancifully and colorfully clad, Gallo has also made sculptures of men, including Abraham Lincoln. Often distorting his life-like figures Gallo has commented: "I'm obsessed with the female figure. I get static from some women -... Read full biography
Frank Gallo has worked primarily from the human form. The sculptor was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933, and from 1960, was professor of sculpture at the University of Illinois. He studied art from 1951 to 1959 at the University of Toledo, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the State University of Iowa. In the late 1950s, he began to use the material polyester resin reinforced with fiberglass, which gives his sculpture a viscous finish. Although he is noted for his studies of women, some of whom are fancifully and colorfully clad, Gallo has also made sculptures of men, including Abraham Lincoln. Often distorting his life-like figures Gallo has commented: "I'm obsessed with the female figure. I get static from some women - you know, women's lib- who say that I capitalize on them. But that's not fair. What I... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Fiberglass
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Plastics
- •Resin
Art Subject
- •Abraham Lincoln
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Life-Size Portrait, Figure, Animal
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
Art School
- •Cranbrook Academy of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts