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Giorgio Cavallon

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Giorgio Cavallon (1904 - 1989) was active/lived in New York.  Giorgio Cavallon is known for Abstract expression-geometric painting.

Born in Sorio, near Vicenza, Italy, abstract painter Georgio Cavallon was influenced early in his career by Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian. In New York City during the 1930s and 1940s, he was closely associated with Arshile Gorky, William De Kooning, and other abstract expressionists. The geometric forms in relatively later work such as "Untitled,"1959, in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, have been compared to the color shapes of the early work of Matisse.

Since the late 1960s and 1970s, Cavallon has framed his surfaces with small, dark shapes in order to control the large, unified rectangles of light color.
Cavallons paintings have been described as exuding a subtle, atmospheric light reminiscent of Mediterranean villages.

Cavallon first came to the United States with his family in 1906 but returned to Italy in 1910 following the death of his mother. At age 16, Cavallon again emigrated to the United States and undertook an art education. He atten   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8919 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Giorgio Cavallon


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art MediaArt StyleGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Association
  • American Abstract Artists-
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
  • Charles Hawthorne
  • Hans Hofmann
Art School
  • Hans Hofmann School of Art, Student
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
  • Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, Fellowship
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
Added Description
  • Abstraction Specialty
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Kootz Gallery, New York City
  • Stable Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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