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Lawrence Calcagno

Lawrence Calcagno (1913 - 1993) was active/lived in New York, California.  Lawrence Calcagno is known for Abstract expressionist painting, modernist-leaning landscape.

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Lawrence Calcagno was born on March 23, 1913 in San Francisco, and passed away at the age of 80, in 1993.  He began painting at the age of 19, and continued to use the medium throughout his life to describe the world around him.  After serving in WW11, he painted in Paris under the G.I. Bill.

Calcagno began to show in San Francisco and New York as part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionist painters.  His style ranges from meditative linear abstract landscapes to free-form abstract expressionism.  Calcagno's color palette and compositions resonate with saturated oranges and reds of the California landscape. His minimalist pieces fade in and out of focus like San Francisco fog, where shapes and forms play off the subconscious.

Larry Calcagno has work in many major museum collections throughout the United States, and is highly prized in private collections. He has just concluded several museum exhibitions around the coun   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7081 characters.]  Artist bio

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Lawrence Calcagno
Carlyle Galleries International, Inc.
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Carlyle Galleries International, Inc. is offering an artwork for sale by Lawrence Calcagno.
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Title:  June
Type:  Painting
Medium:  Oil
Ground:  Canvas
Style:  Abstract
Subject:  Abstract/Modern
Signature:  Verso
Year Created:  1963
Size:  20.00" x 18.00"

Description:  This painting is from Calcagno's prime early 1960s period during his time with Martha Jackson Gallery. Interestingly, the color palette is similar to Beauford Delaney, with whom Calcagno shared a close association at this time.

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