Artist Auction Records
Rico Tomaso

Rico Tomaso (1898 - 1985) was active/lived in New York, Illinois.  Rico Tomaso is known for Magazine illustrator, portrait, genre.

An illustrator, Rico Tomaso was known for his illustration of mystery novels and exotic adventure stories and also for his teaching abilities.  Many of his illustrations were for The Saturday Evening Post, including the Albert Richard Wetjen stories about the Mounted Police of South Australia.  Another client was the Granger Pipe Tobacco company, for whom he did full portrait illustrations.

As a young man, he played piano with a small dance orchestra, and future illustrator, Dean Cornwell, was the drummer.  It has been written that Tomaso's "work mostly resembled Cornwell's in concept and broad brush style." (253)

Tomaso's family friend, John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, encouraged his talent.  He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with J. Wellington Reynolds and later at the Art Students League in New York with teachers including Cornwell, Robert Henri and Harvey Dunn.

Tomaso taught   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1234 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 57 auction lots for Rico Tomaso (of which 42 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 2 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Rico Tomaso as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Rico Tomaso in 0 of its research Essays. Rico Tomaso has 10 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Rico Tomaso available:    Albert Beck Wenzell,  Clarence Frederick Underwood,  Bernard (Bernie) Fuchs,  Theodor Seuss (Dr Seuss) Geisel,  McClelland Barclay,  Stevan Dohanos,  Elbert McGran Jackson,  Alexander Sharpe Ross,  Harrison Fisher,  Jon Whitcomb,  James W Williamson,  Reynold Brown,  Herbert Morton Stoops,  Henry Hintermeister,  Mead Schaeffer,  Norman Mills Price,  Saul Tepper,  Peter Driben,  John LaGatta,  George E Hughes,  John Held Jr,  Frank Stick,  Charles Monroe Schulz,  William Soare



Copyright © 1999-2024 askART.com and underlying auction houses. All Rights Reserved. Digital copying of these images and content strictly prohibited; violators will be subject to the law including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
 
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee

An Introduction

Rico Tomaso

Lot 48
Estimate Range: 
Sales Price:   (-6% under est.)

Art images copyright© of artist or assignee

Make a Wish

Rico Tomaso

Estimate Range: 
Sales Price:

Art images copyright© of artist or assignee

Star Light, Star Bright, Ladies' Home Journal illustration, February 1940, page 17

Rico Tomaso

Lot 78313
Estimate Range: 
Sales Price:

Art images copyright© of artist or assignee

Pilgrim Wedding

Rico Tomaso

Lot 87380
Estimate Range: 
Sales Price:   (+94% over est.)

Art images copyright© of artist or assignee

Houses along a tree-lined road

Rico Tomaso

Lot 176
Estimate Range: 
Sales Price:   (+15% over est.)

Art images copyright© of artist or assignee

"Budgetary Control."

Rico Tomaso

Lot 271
Estimate Range: 
Sales Price:   (+88% over est.)



Inside pricing art ... 

  • Millions of auction records
  • Prices for 350,000+ artists
  • Auction lots to 1987
WATCH VIDEO

Subscribe to askART's alerts and research services for a global art market.

Popular

Monthly

$29.95 / mo.

  • Full access
  • Plan Details

  •    Auction Records
  •    Upcoming at Auction
  •    New / Recent Sales
  •    Artist Signatures
  •    Sales Graph Analysis
  •    30 Artist Alerts
Recurring, cancel any time

Yearly

$325.00 / yr.

  • Full Access
  • Plan Details

  • · Same as monthly
  • · Save 10%
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
Recurring, cancel any time

1 Day

$19.95 / day

  • Full Access
  • Plan Details

  • · 10 Artist Alerts
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

Sample askART Records

•  Cy Twombly  Minimalism
•  Georgia O'Keeffe  Landscapes
•  Andrew Wyeth  Portraits
•  Ed Ruscha  Pop word illusions
•  Camille Pissarro  Impressionist

 
Top