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Jon CorbinoCircus Jumpers #2 (Equestrians) mixed media painting by Jon CorbinoCirca 1950
Circa 1950
About the Item
Signed "Corbino" lower left
Inscribed on frame by artist with artist's address in Rockport, MA
Titled by artist on inscription verso.
Provenance: Oelschlaeger Gallery, Chicago, IL. (label verso)
From the artist's July 11, 1964 NYT obituary:
Jon Corbino, painter, whose canvases are represented in 35 museums and galleries, died yesterday at the age of 59.
Mr. Corbino's work, freely described as romantic realism, was characterized by technical skill, vivid color, and scenes of action and movement. Thematically and technically, he was influenced in his early days by the works of DeIacroix and 17century Spanish painters.
He flourished in the nineteenthirties and forties when his dramatic canvases responded to the intellectual climate of those decades. His paintings continued to find many purchasers in the Middle West and Florida until his death.
Commenting on an exhibition of Mr. Corbino's works in 1959, one critic said:
“Romanticism bounds back in Jon Corbino's high spirited circus paintings. Horses and riders, acrobats and dancers perform the liveliest feats in these pictures.
“As compositions they are rather untidily put together, but they show real strength in the representation of movement. Color is, as always with Corbino, warm, pretty, and extremely sweet”
Mr. Corbino was born in Vittorio, Italy, April 3, 1905. At the age of 8 he was brought to the United States, where he attended the Ethical Culture School and the Art Students League here and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1936 and 1937.
Mr. Corbino's forceful, dramatic style won him early recognition and popularity, and oneman shows of his art were given with increased frequency. He received numerous prizes, awards, and medals. Among the museums and galleries that possess Corbino works are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Carnegie Institute and the Brooks Memorial Art Museum in Memphis.
Mr. Corbino is survived by his widow, the former Marcia Norcross, and six children.
- Creator:Jon Corbino (1905 - 1964, American)
- Creation Year:Circa 1950
- Dimensions:Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
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Jon Corbino
The following is based on information provided by Marcia Corbino, wife of Jon Corbino, and was updated with a publication list by Lee Corbino, daughter of the artist : Jon Corbino, N.A. (1905-1964) A highly acclaimed artist for heroic themes revealing the anxieties of America during the 1930s, Jon Corbino depicted disasters such as wars and floods. These paintings were tributes to the perseverance of man against unknown forces of the universe. He was much admired for his skill in draftsmanship and brilliant, smoldering colors. He was also known for his love of horses, sometimes painting these powerful animals as mythic symbols from the Greek legends of the childhood. In addition, he painted the fantasy of the circus and the ballet, often from back stage where the performers were captured in a reflective moment. Jon Corbino was born in Vittoria, Sicily in 1905 and came to the United States with his parents at the age of 8. He grew up in New York City and attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School on an art scholarship and then enrolled in the Art Students League. He received two Guggenheim Fellowships and was elected a member of the National Academy of Design in 1940. In 1941, he received the first grant awarded to a visual artist from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The poet Stephen Vincent Benet made the presentation at Carnegie Hall, and in his commendation said that Corbino "has brought to American art rare gifts of color and design, and because of the honesty, richness and variety of his work." Corbino's work was also featured in three Venice Biennales. In 1966, a critic for the Chicago American wrote of a Corbino retrospective exhibition: "he painted people of the world-people on the beach, in the sun, in the moonlight. But he graced them with spirit, life, and movement that transcend the everyday." His work is represented in 64 U.S. museums as well as the Lotus Club, New York, NY; First National Bank of Chicago; Fine Arts Society, Sarasota, FL; Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO; Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL; Georgetown University Library, Washington, D.C.; The United States Post Office, Long Beach, Long Island, NY; Town of Rockport, Massachusetts, Rockport, MA.
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