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1878 Castelvetrano, Italy - 1960 Ogunquit, Maine. Known for: Tree landscape and marine painting, camouflage art, illustration.
Nunzio Vayana. It is not widely known that Italian-American artist Nunzio Vayana (1878-1960) was involved in the development of camouflage during World War I. Beginning in May 1918, while living and... Read full biography
Nunzio Vayana. It is not widely known that Italian-American artist Nunzio Vayana (1878-1960) was involved in the development of camouflage during World War I. Beginning in May 1918, while living and teaching near South Glastonbury CT, he worked with two other artists, Albertus Jones and James... Read full biography
Nunzio Vayana. It is not widely known that Italian-American artist Nunzio Vayana (1878-1960) was involved in the development of camouflage during World War I. Beginning in May 1918, while living and teaching near South Glastonbury CT, he worked with two other artists, Albertus Jones and James Goodwin McManus, and with students in a sketching class to apply paint in such a way as to “conceal something by making it look like nothing.” They claimed that this was better than the commonly-practiced... Read full biography
Nunzio Vayana. It is not widely known that Italian-American artist Nunzio Vayana (1878-1960) was involved in the development of camouflage during World War I. Beginning in May 1918, while living and teaching near South Glastonbury CT, he worked with two other artists, Albertus Jones and James Goodwin McManus, and with students in a sketching class to apply paint in such a way as to “conceal something by making it look like nothing.” They claimed that this was better than the commonly-practiced alternative of making something appear to look like something else. They announced that they were “willing to enter the service of the government to demonstrate the worth of their theory in any way it can be worked out.” . Their on-going research was... Read full biography
Nunzio Vayana. It is not widely known that Italian-American artist Nunzio Vayana (1878-1960) was involved in the development of camouflage during World War I. Beginning in May 1918, while living and teaching near South Glastonbury CT, he worked with two other artists, Albertus Jones and James Goodwin McManus, and with students in a sketching class to apply paint in such a way as to “conceal something by making it look like nothing.” They claimed that this was better than the commonly-practiced alternative of making something appear to look like something else. They announced that they were “willing to enter the service of the government to demonstrate the worth of their theory in any way it can be worked out.” . Their on-going research was featured in a half-page news article in The Hartford Courant, with photographs of the artists and students at work. The headline fo... Read full biography
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Keywords (31)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Trees, Woodland and Forest Interiors, Tree Landscapes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Ogunquit, Maine
- •St. Augustine, Florida
- •Venice, Italy
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
- •Daytona Beach Art Association
- •Gloucester Society of Artists
- •Palm Beach Art League
- •Society of American Artists in Paris
- •Society of Connecticut Artists
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Springfield Art League, Massachusetts
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Camouflage Artist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Italian
Artist Colony
- •St. Augustine Artist Colony
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--