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Angelo Anthony Sottosanti
'Pedro, Pineapple Seller', WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY

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£2,724.27
€3,141.94
CA$5,027.15
A$5,632.03
CHF 2,931.47
MX$68,587.38
NOK 37,342.99
SEK 35,166.56
DKK 23,454.18
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Signed lower right, 'A. Sottosanti' for Angelo Anthony Sottosanti (American, 1917-2004); additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Pedro of Tehuan Tepee, Mexico' and painted circa 1940. Angelo Sottosanti was born in Pennsylvania and first studied at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. He subsequently attended the Da Vinci School and the Art Students League in New York. In 1938, he worked in New York on murals for the Works Progress Administration. The following year he toured Mexico on a motorcycle with a sidecar full of art supplies and became inspired by the work of Jose Clemente Orozco. While in Mexico, the subjects of his paintings were the people he met on his travels down to Tehuantepec. In 1940, Sottosanti was invited to exhibit his work at the Fine Arts Building at San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE). While there he also worked with Diego Rivera, grinding and mixing color for Rivera's fresco mural in the "Art in Action" section of the exposition. In 1941, Sottosanti, with many other New Deal artists, took up residence in the famous "Monkey Block" building in San Francisco. In the 1940s and 1950s, he held solo exhibits at the Palace of Fine Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Crocker Museum in Sacramento as well as in many San Francisco galleries. Group exhibitions: Golden Gate International Exhibition, 1939; Museum of Modern Art (NY) 1938; CA State Fair, 1960; San Francisco Art Festival, 1978; et al. Solo exhibitions: Paul Elder's Gallery (SF), 1940; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1948; Crocker Museum, Sacramento., 1948; Maxwell Galleries, 1956; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1958; et al. Reference: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, page 3111; Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 2, page 1044; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Supplement, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1940, page 263; et al.
  • Creator:
    Angelo Anthony Sottosanti (1917 - 2004, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.75 in (55.25 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor age-toning; shows well; unframed.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416445452

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