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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

   Publications  Book References:  33
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33 Book References for Frank Gallo
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Mecklenburg, Virginia Modern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
148 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist 461 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1981 Goodyear, Frank H, Jr. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) 255 Yes
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1980 Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst The Olympics in Art, An Exhibitio Works of Art Related to Olympic Sports
(Exhibition catalog)
166 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1977 Societe des Expositions American Art in Belgium
(Exhibition catalog)
175 Yes
1976 Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay) Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
270 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1972 Kahmen, Volker Eroticism in Contemporary Art 282 Yes
1970 Blumenthal, Arthur Inaugural Exhibition 19th & 20th Cen Art from Collections of Alumni
(Exhibition catalog)
144 No
1969 Faulkner, Ray; Edwin Ziegfeld Art Today 542 Yes
1969 Rhode Island School of Design The Albert Pilavin Collection Twentieth-Century American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
60 Yes
1968 Geske, Norman A. Venice 34 The Figurative Tradition in Recent American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
131 Yes
1968 Weller, Allen S The Joys and Sorrows of Recent American Art 185 No
1965 Goodrich, Lloyd Young America 1965 Thirty American Artists Under 35
(Exhibition catalog)
60 No
1965 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
210 No
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