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$11,500
Dimensions
29.000 x 36.000 x 2.000 inches
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Title
Untitled, Breaking a Horse
Artist
Gregory Perillo
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Born in Greenwich Village, New York, Gregory Perillo is a western painter and sculptor, who continues to live in New York but who makes frequent trips West to refresh his vision. He was one of the first western artists to combine portraits of animals and humans on canvas; in fact he does all facets of the American West including wildlife in a style that combines realism and impressionism. One of his early mentors was William Robinson Leigh.
Perillo grew up on Staten Island, the second child of Italian immigrants who were the only family in their neighborhood among German-Norwegian people. As a young child, he showed artistic talent, and he drew pictures of many of the stories his father told him from his American history classes he took to become an educated citizen. The young Perillo enrolled briefly in art school, but played hooky and then joined the Navy in 1944, serving for two years on the U.S.S. Storm King. On one leave, he went home with a Navy buddy to a ranch in Montana where he first spent time with Indian people.
Back in New York, he married Mary Venitti, and the groom worked in a garment factory and earned his high-school degree and began attending evening art classes. In 1950, the couple headed West, and in Sedona, Perillo met William Leigh whose work Perillo had seen at the Grand Central Galleries in New York. Leigh had a studio in New York, and Perillo began visiting him there and spent the next five years, until Leigh's death in 1955, studying with him. This is an original oil on canvas which is nicely framed in it original frame. The frame measures 44.5" x 50.5" and has a brass plate at center with the artist name. The painting is hand signed on the lower right and there is a tag on the reverse from the prestigious Findlay Gallery in Chicago. It is not dated but we estimate the creation of this piece to be around 1988. The painting has been recently appraised and all documentation will be forwarded to the buyer. Condition Noted: Good.
For more information or to arrange an in person viewing call Richard Beau Lieu at 561-736-8181 or email: beaulieustudios@aol.com
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