Presents
GREGORY PERILLO
An American Artist
A film documentary on one of the most important Italian American artists
Garibaldi: Il Liberatore
Mr. Perillo will be present at the Museum on October 26 to officially unveil an original oil painting of Giuseppe Garibaldi which was rendered in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy and is now part of the Museum's permanent collection.
* Featuring a brief Question and Answer period with the artist *
About Gregory Perillo:
Gregory Perillo, born in 1929 in Greenwich Village, New York, is an Italian American painter and sculptor whose style combines realism with impressionism. His artwork captures the fascinating saga of the American Indian and his brave heritage in a highly skillful style that vividly portrays a colorful chapter in American history. He is one of the first artists focusing on Western motifs to combine portraits of animals and humans on canvas.
Mr. Perillo grew up on Staten Island and is the second child of Italian immigrants. As a young child, he showed artistic talent, and he drew pictures of many of the stories his father told him from his American history classes. In 1944, he joined the U.S. Navy. After two years of service on the U.S.S. Storm King, he went on to study at Pratt Institute, The School of Visual Arts and with the Art Students League.
In 1990, American Express commissioned him to paint over fifty oil paintings and to sculpt two huge bronzes for its world headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. His work is also displayed in the corporate headquarters of AT&T in Baskin Ridge, New Jersey; the Governor's mansion in Albany, New York; and at the University of New Mexico.
Mr. Perillo has been awarded numerous honors and his work can be found in The Denver Museum of Natural History, The Pettigrew Museum (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), The Museum of the North American Indian (Marathon, Florida), The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio), and Saint Michaels College (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
He currently lives on Staten Island but makes frequent trips West in order to refresh his vision.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 – 6:30pm
Italian American Museum
155 Mulberry Street
New York, NY 10013
Suggested donation of $10 per person
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