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Artist's
Profile: Gregory Perillo
Gregory Perillo was born in 1929,
in Greenwich Village, New York.
He is a painter and sculptor whose
style combines realism with impressionism.
Gregory has been awarded numerous
honors. His work can be found in
The Denver Museum of Natural History,
The Pettigrew Museum (Sioux Falls,
South Dakota), The Museum of the
North American Indian (Marathon,
Florida), The Butler Institute of
American Art (Youngstown, Ohio),
and Saint Michael's College (Santa
Fe, New Mexico).
The Plate Lady of Tampa Bay is horored
to be able to offer our gift
shopping customers these magnificent
porcelain reproductions of Gregory
Perillo's art work. We also carry
a limited number of plates that
display his talent for nature art
on our Horse and Wildlife Art Plates
pages.
When Gregory Perillo was a young
child, his father frequently took
him to museums and told him stories
about the American West, encouraging
his son to share his love of art
and American history. At the age
of 10, he began to draw pictures
of many of the stories his father
told him.
Later Gregory enrolled briefly in
art school and then joined the Navy
in 1944. He served for two years
on the U.S.S. Storm King and during
that time he was assigned as a cartoonist.
Following that he studied at Pratt
Institute, The School of Visual
Arts, and with the Art Students
League
In 1950 he met William Leigh, whose
work Perillo had seen at the Grand
Central Galleries in New York. Perillo
spent the next five years, until
Leigh's death in 1955, studying
with him.
In the 1970's Gregory began sculpting
and ultimately completed about 30
pieces. Then in 1990, American Express
commissioned him to paint over fifty
oils and to sculpt two huge bronzes
for its world headquarters in Phoenix,
Arizona. His work is also displayed
in the corporate headquarters of
AT&T in Baskin Ridge, New Jersey;
the Governor's mansion in Albany,
New York; and at the University
of New Mexico.
Gregory Perillo now lives on Staten
Island, but he 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.
He captures the fascinating saga
of the American Indian and his brave
heritage in a highly skillful style
that vividly portrays a colorful
chapter in American history. |
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