Pascal "Pat" Cucaro pair of portrait paintings: clown and man

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About the Item

Two charming and characteristic paintings by Pascal "Pat" Cucaro.

MINIATURE CLOWN
The first work is the miniature head of a clown in a fantastic stepped ceramic frame (marked Ferguson). In oil or acrylic paint on cardboard, 3 1/2" by 3 1/2", not including the frame. Probably from the early 1950s.

MAN IN A CAP
The second work is a watercolor-on-paper bust of a man in a cap from 1948 (possibly a self portrait, given the characteristic straight nose). Dimensions are 6 1/2" by 4 1/2", not including the simple metal frame.

Price of $700 is for both works. Please inquire if interested in one or the other of these, at $350/each.

The following text is derived from "The Official Pascal Cucaro Website," maintained by his family:

Born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1915, Pat, also known as Pascal, grew up in this working class neighborhood of steel mills and rubber factories. He was the eldest of seven in a close-knit Italian-American Catholic family. Even when young, in grade school, he was already known for his sketches of friends and local characters. He worked odd jobs including being a milkman, working for a cobbler, spending time backstage at circuses in the summer and working in a rubber factory. But his interest was always in art, even though his exposure to art was limited in Youngstown.

He served from 1942-1945 in the US Army during WWII and was stationed in Georgia and London, England. It was upon his return that he started painting on his own and was determined to make a career of his art. Stimulated by his strong interest in art, Pat moved out west. He traveled through Phoenix, Arizona and then to Los Angeles and then finally settled in San Francisco. He attended the California School of Fine Arts from 1948-1952 and moved to the Montgomery Street, an area then known as the “Monkey Block”. Those were the Bohemian days of San Francisco, associated with the Beat era. Writers, philosophers, poets and artists frequented North Beach, and the many cafes and nightclubs became their gathering spots. He became acquainted with Enrico Banducci, owner of a nightclub called the hungry i and Pat exhibited paintings there as well as at the Fox and the Hound, the Iron Pot and the Black Cat Cafes. He settled in Sausalito, a picturesque artist community across the bay, just a short drive across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco where he continued to work and exhibit.

In the 60's, Cucaro began to exhibit exclusively with Ed Cory, an art dealer who established two galleries in San Francisco (at Geary and Jefferson Streets) and later, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Los Angeles and Paris, France. He was honored with a nomination for the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1965 and received an honorable mention by the San Francisco’s Chamber of Commerce for “enhancing the prestige of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a major world culture center through his creative energy and work.” As he continued to paint, his artwork appeared in art museums throughout the world, and there are many stories of people visiting San Francisco and returning home with a Cucaro painting.

Through the years, this prolific artist had one man art shows, benefits, and exhibits. He was even at one time an art dealer and had his own gallery in San Francisco. Amongst his one man art shows were ones held at: the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. International Gallery in Chicago and Pittsburg Plan for Art and many more. Amongst the many charities to which he donated the proceeds of the sales of his art were: National Association for the Visually Handicapped, Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation, SF Aid of Retarded Children, Committee to Rescue Italian Art and Villa Maria Convent and many more. He exhibited at many galleries from the Frame House Art Gallery of Boardman, Ohio to the Cory Galleries, De Medici Gallery, City Gallery, Lyon Art Gallery of San Francisco and in Sausalito at the Village Faire, Shelby Art Gallery and the Connextions Gallery and at many more.

Pat passed away in January, 2004, and his dynamic and expressive nature lives on through his numerous works and continues to give joy to those who have his art in their homes. As Pat once said, “Some may label me as impressionistic but categorizing a painter limits him and can some times prevent him from finding himself. A painter is always changing, revising his techniques and subjects so that it’s not really fair to put him under a title. He has to change and experiment, to grow and to better his art.”

Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
20th Century
Condition:
Seller Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: DM-5911stDibs: U1201068783474

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