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John Grillo

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John Grillo (1917 - 2014) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  John Grillo is known for Abstract expressionist painting, sculpture, prints.

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 Post War California artist, John Grillo was known as one of the most aggressive West Coast artists to pursue Abstract Expressionism and painted in gouache, watercolor and poster-based water paints as well as oil. In addition, he was also a sculptor, printmaker and art educator.

Grillo was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and studied at the Hartford Art School, 1935-1938; California School of Fine Arts, 1945-1947; with Hans Hoffman in New York and the Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1948-1951. Grillo remained active in Provincetown, Massachusetts during much of his career.

He received the Ford Foundation grant to work at Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, 1964 and the Ford Foundation artist-in-residence grant at Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1964. He taught at the New School for Social Research, New York, 1964-1966 and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1967-1991.

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Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists John Grillo in 1 of its research Essays. John Grillo has 19 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for John Grillo available:    Ernest Briggs,  Michael Goldberg,  Edward Dugmore,  Norman Bluhm,  James Brooks,  Stephen Pace,  George McNeil,  John Saccaro,  Mary Lee Abbott,  Michael Loew,  Friedel Dzubas,  John Ferren,  Raymond Parker,  Richard Pousette-Dart,  John Von Wicht,  Grace Hartigan,  Robert Arthur Goodnough,  Esteban Vicente,  Robert Natkin,  Milton Resnick,  Peter Busa,  Paul Jenkins,  Elaine Fried de Kooning,  John Little



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Facts about John Grillo

   Publications  Book References:  28
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for John Grillo
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Antiques Gallery Watch May 2004 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
28 Book References for John Grillo
Year Author Title Pages Color
2009 Herskovic, Marika American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless 252 Yes
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 Landauer, Susan San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism 240 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Herskovic, Marika (editor) American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey 372 Yes
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Landauer, Susan The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism
(Exhibition catalog)		 271 Yes
1994 Provincetwon Art Association and Museum Provincetown Abstract Painting 1915-1950 From The Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 Yes
1989 Bolger, Doreen (others) American Pastels In the Metropolitan Museum of Art 247 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1979 Brooklyn Museum American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works 133 Yes
1977 Everson Museum of Art Provincetown Painters 1890's-1970's
(Exhibition catalog)		 289 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1973 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1973 927 No
1973 McChesney, Mary Fuller A Period of Exploration San Francisco 1945-1950 91 Yes
1968 Mattatuck Historical Society The Connecticut Artists Collection 84 No
1967 Hirsch, Richard Sources for Tomorrow: 50 American Paintings 1946-1966 James Michener Collection of Allentown Art Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 No
1962 Hunter, Sam American Art Since 1950 A Loan Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 83 Yes
1961 Solomon R Guggenheim Museum American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists
(Exhibition catalog)		 1961 No
1960 Walker Art Center 60 American Painters 1960 Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties
(Exhibition catalog)		 78 Yes
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