Biografie von Sam (Alexander) RUSSO (1922)

Birth place: Atlantic City, NJ

Addresses: Frederick, MD

Profession: Painter

Studied: Pratt Inst. of Art and Des., Brooklyn, NY, 1940-42; Swarthmore Col., Pennsylvania, 1947; Bard Col., Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, summer 1947; Columbia Univ., NY (B.F.A., 1952); Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, 1952-54

Exhibited: Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship in 1948-50; Breevort-Eichenmeyer Fellowship, Columbia Univ.; Fulbright Fellowship, for painting and research in Rome, Italy, 1952-54.

Comments: Moved to Buffalo in 1955. Teaching: Univ. of Buffalo, 1955-58.

Sources: Krane, The Wayward Muse, 195.