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Frank LaLumia

Frank LaLumia (Born 1948) is active/lives in New Mexico, Illinois.  Frank LaLumia is known for Animal, landscape, genre, still life.

Santa Fe artist Frank La Lumia is noted for his paintings in watercolor and oil.
Born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised in Libertyville, Illinois. He received his B.A. from Bradley University in Peoria, and also studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. In 1977, he devoted himself to painting full-time.

During the past decade he has taught at Plein-Air Painters of America Workshops, Bennington, VT, and Colorado Springs, CO; and at watercolor workshops in Santa Fe, NM; as well as at oil painting workshop at the Mabel Dodge Lujan House in Taos, NM.

In Italy, from where La Lumia's father originates, the family name means 'the light', and light has been an inspiration to his art. In describing his work, La Lumia has said: "Painting from life is the moment of truth. If you can paint light, you can paint everything under the sun. The essential fact of my work, from a technical standpoint, is working in both oil and watercolor. The cross fertilization of id   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2453 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Research resources

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Facts about Frank LaLumia

   Publications  Book References:  10
Magazine References:  18

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18 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Frank LaLumia
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Southwest Art Art Events-Colorado September 2005 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art Art Events-Colorado September 2004 Gangelhoff, Bonnie Yes
Plein Air Magazine Museums & Auctions, PAPA sale September 2004 Gray-Weihman Yes
Art of the West What's News July 2004 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Plein Air Magazine Museums & Auctions June 2004 Editors, Plein Air Yes
Plein Air Magazine Frank La Lumia June 2004 LaLumia, Frank Yes
Art of the West What's News November 2003 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Southwest Art Art Events-Arizona November 2003 Osterman, Julie Yes
Southwest Art News from the California Art Scene February 2003 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Southwest Art Art Events- Colorado January 2003 Editors, Southwest Art No
Southwest Art Art Events-California November 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Art-Talk In Plein Sight November 2002 Jarvis, John Yes
Southwest Art The Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painte October 2002 Gangelhoff, Bonnie Yes
Wildlife Art More than Meets the Eye May 2001 McGarry, Susan Hallsten Yes
Art of the West The Plein Air Painters of America September 1999 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art-Talk In the Galleries June 1999 Editor, Art-Talk No
Art of the West Plein Air Passion March 1999 Stavig, Vicki Yes
Southwest Art Wild Renewal October 1994 LaLumia, Frank Yes
10 Book References for Frank LaLumia
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
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Stern, Jean; Roy C. Rose and Molly Siple Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein-Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island 256 Yes
2001 Editors, Art of the West Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition 88 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1997 Mountain Oyster Club Mountain Oyster 28th Annual Contemporary Western Art Show
(Exhibition catalog)
56 No
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
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