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Metadata
Object ID |
A1959.67.1 |
Title |
John L. Sullivan's Beer Party At South Beach |
Artist |
Gatto, Victor Joseph |
Date |
1939 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
Victor Joseph Gatto (1890-1965) was born in New York City, spending some years of his childhood in an orphanage, where his drawing talent had been acknowledged by no less than Theodore Roosevelt. Before becoming a painter, Gatto was a professional boxer and was in the U.S. Navy. He did not begin painting until he was 45, after visiting a Greenwich Village outdoor art exhibition, thinking he could do as well or better than what he'd seen. He did become a fairly well-known artist, known for his scenes of New York City and dreamlike animals and landscapes. Gatto was represented by the Barzansky Gallery during his career, but stopped exhibiting after 1960, when he moved to Miami. Bulletin, April 1960 p.94 "We have recently recieved a paining by Victor Joseph Gatto, a well known modern primative painter. The painting, entitled, " John L. Sullivan's Beer Perty at Sounth Beach", was given to us by Mrs. Henry L. Moses, of Manhattan, at the suggestion of Mrs. Charles Barzansky of the Barzansky Galleries. The painting, done in 1939, was used by the museum as part of its exhibition, The Island and the Bay, from January to March, 1957. It shows a rather exact scene looking out over the Narrows and the lower bay from the boardwalk. Mr. Gatto saw the famous beer party at South Beach when he was taken there on an outing as a small boy, He painted it many years later from memory after making a trip to South Beach to check". |
Collection |
Painting |
Dimensions |
H-23.25 W-31.5 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Moses |
Material |
Oil paint on board |
Search Terms |
beach beer boardwalk Gatto John L. Sulliven Joseph Gatto maritime ocean oil painting party South Beach Staten Island Sulliven Victor Gatto water |
Catalog type |
Art |
Source |
Mrs. Henry L. Moses |
Web Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ |