Jean Calogero Surrealist Oil Painting, Late 20th century

Item Details

Jean Calogero (American, 1922-2001)
Untitled (child and clown), late 20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower left
Frame labeled with maker

Jean Calogero is best known for his dreamlike Surrealist paintings and genre works. He was born and raised in Sicily, where he showed an interest in art at an early age. After attending the Liceo Artistico in the city of Etna, he left for France where he studied painting at the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts. He settled in Paris, working with Galerie Hervè and exhibited extensively throughout the 1950s in Paris, followed by shows in New York and Los Angeles, and eventually in Japan and Italy. He was awarded the Great Silver Medal in Paris in 1957.

Condition

- frame in negligible condition with many scratches and chips; canvas is worn at the edges and warped throughout; frequent craquelure.

Dimensions

- measures frame, visible image measures 16.25" W X 20.5" H.

Item #

ITMG384598