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Frank Gallo

Frank Gallo (1933 - 2019) was active/lived in Illinois, Ohio.  Frank Gallo is known for Mod sculptor-life size female figure.

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Frank Gallo has worked primarily from the human form.  The sculptor was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933, and from 1960, was professor of sculpture at the University of Illinois.  He studied art from 1951 to 1959 at the University of Toledo, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the State University of Iowa.

In the late 1950s, he began to use the material polyester resin reinforced with fiberglass, which gives his sculpture a viscous finish.  Although he is noted for his studies of women, some of whom are fancifully and colorfully clad, Gallo has also made sculptures of men, including Abraham Lincoln.

Often distorting his life-like figures Gallo has commented: "I'm obsessed with the female figure.  I get static from some women - you know, women's lib- who say that I capitalize on them.  But that's not fair.  What I express in these pieces is worship, not exploitation.  I'm interested in the beauty of the fem   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2206 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Frank Gallo

   Frank Gallo  Born:  1933 - Toledo, Ohio
Died:   2019 - Urbana, IL
Known for:  Mod sculptor-life size female figure

Frank Gallo has worked primarily from the human form.  The sculptor was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933, and from 1960, was professor of sculpture at the University of Illinois.  He studied art from 1951 to 1959 at the University of Toledo, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and the State University of Iowa.

In the late 1950s, he began to use the material polyester resin reinforced with fiberglass, which gives his sculpture a viscous finish.  Although he is noted for his studies of women, some of whom are fancifully and colorfully clad, Gallo has also made sculptures of men, including Abraham Lincoln.

Often distorting his life-like figures Gallo has commented: "I'm obsessed with the fem  ...  Displaying 750 of 2206 characters.

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