Antonio Pietro Martino (1902 - 1988) Oil on artist board, signed lower right, measures (14 x 20) and (20 x 27) inches w/frame. Piece depicts his hometown of "Mamayunk" which is one of the more desirable genres painted by the artist. Originally sold by Newman Galleries and later hung in Chicago estate until eventual sale. Piece was recently cleaned and frame retouched while leaving back in tact. In 1925 Antonio Martino's painting instructor wrote a note of congratulations to his talented student who, at the age of twenty-three, had two paintings accepted in the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition. The teacher was pleased that his student's work was being shown with the nation's outstanding painters. Besides, Martino's landscapes bore sold signs. . . he was urged to continue painting, which he did for the next fifty years. Antonio Martino's work is a prominent example of the long tradition of realistic painting and instruction in Philadelphia. The instructor who wrote the congratulatory letter was Albert Jean Adolphe, a student of Jean Leon Gerome in Paris, as was Thomas Eakins. In addition to this strong background, Martino also absorbed the light, colour and atmosphere of Impressionism and the solid form of Cubism. Early in his career he decided to concentrate on landscapes, and painted along the Darby Creek and on the Delaware River

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