Butler Institute of American Art
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Youngstown, OH 44502
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Museums page for Alfonso A Ossorio ((1916 - 1990)), known for Surreal view, assemblages, mural, paintings, sculptor, collage and assemblage. Showing 16 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1916 Manilla, Philippines - 1990 New York City. Known for: Surreal view, assemblages, mural, paintings, sculptor, collage and assemblage.
Alfonso Ossorio in his painting showed his predilection for the art brut ("raw art") of the insane, criminals and children espoused by Jean Dubuffet who was a major influence on Ossorio from the age... Read full biography
Alfonso Ossorio in his painting showed his predilection for the art brut ("raw art") of the insane, criminals and children espoused by Jean Dubuffet who was a major influence on Ossorio from the age of thirty-three. For him, like many of his contemporaries, rational society, traditional art and... Read full biography
Alfonso Ossorio in his painting showed his predilection for the art brut ("raw art") of the insane, criminals and children espoused by Jean Dubuffet who was a major influence on Ossorio from the age of thirty-three. For him, like many of his contemporaries, rational society, traditional art and existence failed to have meaning, which he sought in the darker avenues of the human spirit and the spontaneous, unpremeditated creations of innocence. Ossorio was also influenced by his friend Jackson... Read full biography
Alfonso Ossorio in his painting showed his predilection for the art brut ("raw art") of the insane, criminals and children espoused by Jean Dubuffet who was a major influence on Ossorio from the age of thirty-three. For him, like many of his contemporaries, rational society, traditional art and existence failed to have meaning, which he sought in the darker avenues of the human spirit and the spontaneous, unpremeditated creations of innocence. Ossorio was also influenced by his friend Jackson Pollock, as well as Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. Ossorio, the son of a wealthy sugar planter, was born in Manila, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines in 1916, becoming an American citizen in 1939. Educated in England and the United States,... Read full biography
Alfonso Ossorio in his painting showed his predilection for the art brut ("raw art") of the insane, criminals and children espoused by Jean Dubuffet who was a major influence on Ossorio from the age of thirty-three. For him, like many of his contemporaries, rational society, traditional art and existence failed to have meaning, which he sought in the darker avenues of the human spirit and the spontaneous, unpremeditated creations of innocence. Ossorio was also influenced by his friend Jackson Pollock, as well as Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. Ossorio, the son of a wealthy sugar planter, was born in Manila, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines in 1916, becoming an American citizen in 1939. Educated in England and the United States, he studied at Harvard and the Rhode Island School of Design. Ossorio eventually moved from painting to sculptural assemblage... Read full biography
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About Alfonso A Ossorio: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsGreenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Grey Art Museum, New York University
100 Washington Square East
New York City, NY 10003Heckscher Museum of Art
2 Prime Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11968Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
415 South Street
P.O. Box 9110-Mail Stop 069
Waltham, MA 02454-9110San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271