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Giovanni MartinoRockport Landscape 1931
1931
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Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint.
Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street.
Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River. At this time he signed his paintings M. Giovanni.
These colorful impressionistic* works proceeded more thinly painted dramatically poetic street scenes of the mill town. These images developed into impasto* laden oils in the 1960's with some of the paintings worked with a palette knife*.
In Manayunk, he was a common sight on the streets and sidewalks, painting on-the-spot with his wife, Eva Marinelli and his two daughters, Nina & Babette. In the 1980's and 90's he also painted in Conshohocken and Norristown with his
youngest daughter, Babette. His paintings became more sharply executed like his earlier work but were more colorful. In the late '90's he worked in his studio to enlarge paintings.
He is the recipient of over 100 awards and honors. He received the Benjamin Altman Prize in Landscape Painting in 1975 at the National Academy of Design, NYC where he was elected an Academician (NA) in 1944. He mentored not only his wife and two daughters but also taught at Lehigh University and the Graphic Sketch Club, Philadelphia.
He died at his home in Blue Bell on February 1, 1997.
Birth place: Phila., PA
Addresses: Phila., PA, -1962; Penn Wynne, PA; Blue Bell, PA
Profession: Painter
Studied: Spring Garden Inst., PA; La France Inst., PA; Philadelphia Graphic Sketch Cl.
Exhibited: Phila. A. All., 1934 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1935-66 frequently; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1935-57 (9 times); DaVinci All., 1939 (gold), 1940 (prize), 1944 (prize); VMFA, 1940 (prize); NAD, 1941 (prize), 1942 (prize), 1972 (Hallmark Award); Woodmere A. Gal., 1941 (prize); Sweat Mem. Mus., 1946 (prize); State T. Col., Pa., 1946 (prize); Pepsi-Cola, 1946 (prize); WMAA; AIC; GGE, 1939; CI. Royal Acad. in Engl.; AWCS, 1953 (Pratt Prize); Springfield Art Mus., 1972 (Elmer Fox Purchase Award).
Member: NA; Phila. WCC; AWCS; Woodmere Art Gal (exhib. comt., 1969-70s).
Work: NAD; PAFA; VMFA; Springfield Art Mus., Mo.; Butler Art Inst.; Phila. A. All.
Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Teaching: Lehigh Univ., 1957-58.
- Creator:Giovanni Martino (1908-1988, American)
- Creation Year:1931
- Dimensions:Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 39 in (99.06 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Wilton Manors, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU245213617822
Giovanni Martino
Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River. At this time he signed his paintings M. Giovanni. These colorful impressionistic* works proceeded more thinly painted dramatically poetic street scenes of the mill town. These images developed into impasto* laden oils in the 1960's with some of the paintings worked with a palette knife*. In Manayunk, he was a common sight on the streets and sidewalks, painting on-the-spot with his wife, Eva Marinelli and his two daughters, Nina & Babette. In the 1980's and 90's he also painted in Conshohocken and Norristown with his youngest daughter, Babette. His paintings became more sharply executed like his earlier work but were more colorful. In the late '90's he worked in his studio to enlarge paintings. He is the recipient of over 100 awards and honors. He received the Benjamin Altman Prize in Landscape Painting in 1975 at the National Academy of Design, NYC where he was elected an Academician (NA) in 1944. He mentored not only his wife and two daughters but also taught at Lehigh University and the Graphic Sketch Club, Philadelphia. AskArt (Babette Martino, daughter of the artist)
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