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Val Costello

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Val J. Costello (1875 - 1937) was active/lived in California, Kansas.  Val Costello is known for Modernist imagery.

Born in Marion, Kansas on Feb. 14, 1875, Costello returned to Los Angeles in 1912 after a short time in New York.  He remained a self-taught painter except for a brief period at the Art Students League of Los Angeles where he later was director from 1912-23.

During the 1920s he was a successful businessman and painted in his leisure. During the 1930s he worked on the Federal Art Project as assistant to James Redmond on the Compton Post Office mural.  Costello died in Los Angeles on May 8, 1937.  An advocate of modernism, his canvases were considered avant garde during his lifetime.

Exh:
LA Painters Club, 1909; Chautaugua Ass'n (Long Beach), 1910; San Francisco Art Association, 1911-13; Calif. Art Club, 1910-29; LACMA, 1921 (with Nick Brigante); Calif. WC Society, 1922-23; Pacific SW Expo (Long Beach), 1928 (bronze medal); Zeitlin Book Shop (LA), 1930.

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1917-33; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); California Arts and Architecture list, 1932.

Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.

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   Publications  Book References:  14
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14 Book References for Val Costello
Year Author Title Pages Color
2008 Kovinic, Marian, Dr. Will South, Julia Armstrong-Totten (Pasadena Museum of California Art) A Seed of Modernism- The Art Students League of Los Angeles
(Exhibition catalog)		 160 Yes
2006 Craig, Susan (Compiler) Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945 0 No
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
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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