Biografie von Alexander Peter RUSSO (1922)

Birth place: Atlantic City, NJ

Addresses: Atlantic City, NJ; NYC; Frederick, MD

Profession: Painter, educator, illustrator, designer

Studied: Pratt Inst, 1940-42; Swarthmore Col., 1947; Bard Col., summer, 1947; Guggenheim fellow, 1948-50; Breevort-Eickenmeyer fellow, Columbia Univ., 1950-52 (B.F.A., 1952); Fulbright grant, Acad. Fine Arts, Rome, Italy, 1952-54; Univ. Buffalo, 1955.

Exhibited: Carnegie Nat., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1946; PAFA Ann., 1952; Int. Exhib., Bordighera, Italy, 1953 & 1954; Four Am. Artists Exhib., Biblioteca, Rome, Italy, 1954; Albright-Knox Gal. Regional, Buffalo, NY, 1956; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1947-63 (4 times); Corcoran Gal solo, 1946; Jackson, Miss., 1946; PMG, 1945; Norfolk Mus. A. & Sc., 1943; Whyte Gal., 1945 (solo); Swarthmore Col., 1946 (solo); Salon de la Marine, Paris, 1945; Frank Rehn Gal, NYC.

Member: Col. Art Assn.; Arts Club Wash. (chmn. exhibs., 1970-71); AEA; Soc. Wash. Artists; Edward McDowell Colony.

Work: Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo; CGA; NMAA; Fed Ins Deposit Corp, Wash., DC; Acad Arts & Letters, NYC. Commissions: encaustic mural, "Telesio Interlandi," Capo San Andrea, Sicily, 1953; silk screen murals, Birge Co, Buffalo; 56 various design commissions, Doubleday Publ Co, Dutton Publ, Cohn Hall Marx, 1958-60; acrylic painting series, US Navy Dept, Wash., DC, 1964.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, oils, plastics, metals. Positions: US Navy combat artist, US Navy Dept., Washington, 1942-46; acting art dir., Sewell, Thompson, Caire Advertising, New Orleans, La, 1948-49; free lance artist & designer, various agencies & orgns., New York; 1958-60; guest lectr. art, Roanoke & Hollins Cols., Univ. Southern Ill., Miss. Art Assn. Teaching: Corcoran Sch. Art, 1961-70, chmn. painting dept., 1966-69; chmn. art dept., Hood Col., 1970s. Research: Contemporary & Medieval Italian art. Publications: illusr., "To all Hands, an Amphibious Adventure," 1944 & "Many a Watchful Night," 1945, McGraw; auth., "The Italian Experience," Inst. Int. Educ., 1953.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.