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Louis Catusco

Louis Catusco (1927 - 1995) was active/lived in New York, New Mexico.  Louis Catusco is known for Abstract drawing, painting.

A Navy veteran from World War II, Louis Catusco used his GI Bill benefits to study art at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in the 1940's. Of all the mystics, poets, eccentrics and visionaries among the Taos Moderns, Louis is the most enigmatic. In 1950 he came to Taos to work with Louis Ribak at the Taos Valley Art School, settling here permanently in 1963. After winning many awards, both local and state, Louis dropped out of the Taos art scene to continue his work in solitude.

Catusco placed a high value on experimentation and his paintings are an expression of his feelings on the act of artistic creation. His art operates on a deep level from a personal, primary spirituality. His late collages are dynamic expressions of inspired obsession emanating from sources, both primal & mysterious. They elude simple classification, giving Catusco's legacy an air of mystery.

In his last years, Catusco became even more removed from society, limiting his contact with the public to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1457 characters.]  Artist bio

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