Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
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Museums page for O Louis Guglielmi ((1906 - 1956)), known for Social-surreal streetscape, non ob, teacher. Showing 16 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1906 Cairo, Egypt - 1956. Known for: Social-surreal streetscape, non ob, teacher.
Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's... Read full biography
Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's underdogs. He had experienced slum living as a youth, moving from place to place because of his... Read full biography
Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's underdogs. He had experienced slum living as a youth, moving from place to place because of his violinist father's need to find employment. Though Guglielmi was born in 1906 in Cairo, Egypt, his Italian parents moved the family to Italy. In 1914, they were living in New York City in Harlem's Italian... Read full biography
Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's underdogs. He had experienced slum living as a youth, moving from place to place because of his violinist father's need to find employment. Though Guglielmi was born in 1906 in Cairo, Egypt, his Italian parents moved the family to Italy. In 1914, they were living in New York City in Harlem's Italian slum. Guglielmi was involved in the political and artistic protests of the trial, conviction as anarchist bombers, and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. He painted a picture that excoriated the tenement living conditions of many Americans,... Read full biography
Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's underdogs. He had experienced slum living as a youth, moving from place to place because of his violinist father's need to find employment. Though Guglielmi was born in 1906 in Cairo, Egypt, his Italian parents moved the family to Italy. In 1914, they were living in New York City in Harlem's Italian slum. Guglielmi was involved in the political and artistic protests of the trial, conviction as anarchist bombers, and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927. He painted a picture that excoriated the tenement living conditions of many Americans, "One Third of a Nation." It was such a strong statement that the State Department cancelled an international tour of American modern art. H... Read full biography
O Louis Guglielmi - Artist Info
About O Louis Guglielmi: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsBlanton Museum of Art, University of Texas (Austin)
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Austin, TX 78712-0338Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0530Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2476Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045-7500The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014