Abstract Expressionist Crayon Art by Peter Passuntino, 1952, 1936 Series

$ 129.36

Style: Abstract Handmade: Yes Region of Origin: New York, USA Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original Time Period Produced: 1950-1959 Type: Painting Features: One of a Kind (OOAK) Subject: Figures Production Technique: Crayon Year of Production: 1936 Artist: Peter Passuntino Signed By: Peter Passuntino Signed: Yes Material: Paper Framing: Framed

Description

Abstract Expressionist Surrealist Crayon Painting/ drawing Signed Peter Passuntino (1936 - ) Dated 1952. Shadowy figures - Art is 11” x 12.5” and frame is 16” x17.5” Excellent!!! Peter Zaccaria Passuntino (Born 1936) is active/lives in Illinois / France. Peter Passuntino is known for Expressionist figure painting, sculpture. Peter Passuntino, was born in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 18, Passuntino was selected to be in a group show at the Carnegie Institute, and at 19 he was selected for a one-man show at the Artist Guild in Chicago. From 1954 to 1958 he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Then, upon receiving a Fulbright Fellowship in Painting, Passuntino spent time in Paris, from 1963 to 1965. While in Paris he studied art at the Istitut de Arts et Archeologie and exhibited in a solo exhibition entitled "Bad Manners, A Happening at the American Arts Center" (1963). During his time at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Passuntino was an organizer of the Exhibition Momentum Group, and he served as the group's chairman in 1958. The Exhibition Momentum Group was successful in expanding the Chicago-Midwest art community and in bringing emerging and established artists from the East Coast to Chicago as panelists and jurors of the exhibitions