ARTIST: Pat Trivigno (Louisiana, 1922 - 2013)
NAME: Portrait of Stephen (titled on verso)
YEAR: 1950
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Minor paint losses mostly along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 25 x 15 inches / 63 x 38 cm
FRAME SIZE: 26 x 16 inches / 66 x 40 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
PROVENANCE: New Orleans Museum of Art (has label on verso)
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born to Italian immigrants in New York City on March 13, 1922, Pat Trivigno was a child prodigy in drawing and painting. Grandson of a sculptor in southern Italy, he had parents who recognized his talents early and, at the age of ten during the depression - sent him to the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art in Manhattan. Later he attended the High School of Music and Art - the school made famous in the movie FAME and was in its first graduating class in 1939. His student paintings gained the attention of New York Mayor Fiorrello LaGuardia, who displayed several in the Mayor's office. During his college years he studied at NYU, Temple University's Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, the University of Iowa, and at the University of California Berkley. Pat completed both his BA and MA degrees at Columbia University. During this period he studied with some of the great names in American Art: Grant Wood, Philip Guston, Horst W. Janson, and later developed lifetime friendships with John Canady, Milton Avery and Mark Rothko.In 1943 Pat enlisted in the U.S. Army's Intelligence Corps and served in World War II until 1945. Fluent in Italian, English and Russian, he served as a Russian interpreter for the 13th Armored Division under General Patton and was stationed in France and Austria. With the war almost over, in 1944 Pat married his high school sweetheart, Helen Kohl. Together they had two children, Stephen and Michele. After completing his MA degree in 1946, Pat was recruited by Robin Field to teach drawing and painting at Tulane University's Newcomb College, where he could also pursue his own artistic career. During that time he served as the Associate Chairman of Studio Art and later as Chairman of Newcomb College's Art Department. While he was known as a caring and sensitive teacher and was awarded Tulane's Mortar Board Award, for teaching excellence, he was happiest in his studio painting.His first one-person show in New York was in 1950, which was described by the NY Times' art critics as an auspicious first. Many more one-man shows followed at various galleries across the country. Today his paintings are on display in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Everson Museum, Guggenheim Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, Newberger Museum, Whitney Museum as well as numerous corporate and private collections nationwide.Pat retired from Tulane in 1989 but continued as a prolific painter with numerous one-man shows. His six-decade career was recognized in a retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) in 1994, entitled “The Search for Inner Form. In it nearly 80 paintings, representing all stages of his long career, were on display.In the late 1990's, approaching the age of 80, Pat was still full of energy and creative ideas. This is when he took on the challenge of painting a larger than life sized mural for the New Orleans Arena that was just being built. It depicts a diverse group of entertainers, artists, circus troupes, and sports heroes that would appear at the New Orleans Arena.Pat has said, If someone sees my paintings and responds to the work, they are also meeting me that's where I project my deepest feelings, my understanding of the world.