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Angelo Testa Abstract Paintings

American, 1921-1984

Angelo Testa, the son of Italian immigrants, was born in 1918 in Springfield. Testa studied fine art painting and sculpture at the Chicago Institute of Design in the 1940s. In 1947, he set up Angelo Testa & Company, producing hand screen-printed and woven textiles for the many architectural studios of Chicago. Testa developed collaboration in textile design with several companies, including Schumacher's. He was interested in form and line and saw his work as being suited to the new minimal approach towards architecture.

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Artist: Angelo Testa
Untitled (abstract Chicago artist Moholy-Nagy pupil)
By Angelo Testa
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ANGELO TESTA (1921 - 1984) Untitled, ca. 1940's. Watercolor on paper; Sight: 23 1/2" x 17.5"; Matting size: 22 x 18 inches. Minor loss and staining of paper sheet. Unframed. Un...
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1940s Abstract Geometric Angelo Testa Abstract Paintings

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